102 Mr. G. M. Mathews on the 



28. Vetola lapponica baueri. Eastern Barred-rumped 

 God wit. 



Limosa baueri Nauraann,, Vogel Deutschl. vol. viii. 1836_, 

 p. 429 : Victoria. 

 Commou. 



29. Heteroscelus incamis brevipes. Grey-rumped Sand- 

 piper. 



Totanus brevipes Vieillot, Nouv. Diet, d'Hist. Nat. vol. vi. 

 1816^ p. 410 : Port Essington, Northern Territory. 



Several were seen towards the end of January and 

 beginning of February, 1912. 



30. Actitis hypoleucus aurita. Eastern Common Sand- 

 piper. 



Tringa aurita Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl. 1801, p. Ixvi : 

 New South Wales. 



These birds are fairly numerous and tame for Waders. 

 At spring tides, when the beaches are covered at high water, 

 this species feeds in the forest-country, which comes right 

 down to the beach. Usually it is solitary in its habits, but 

 sometimes it is seen in parties of three or four and even in 

 company with other Waders. Up to the 3rd of February, 

 1912, it did not increase or decrease in numbers. It is 

 never found near fresh water, but always on the beach or on 

 salt-water creeks. 



31. Terekia cinerea javanica. Eastern Terek Sandpiper. 

 Totanus jav aniens Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 



vol, xiii. 1821, p. 193 : Java. 

 Common. 



32. Glottis nebularius glottoides. Eastern Greenshank. 

 Totanus glottoides Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 173: 



Himalayan Mts., India. 



One of the most wary of Waders, second only to Numenius 

 cyanopus. It is rare on the Island and none were seen after 

 January 1912. Mr. Rogers often got this species on swamps 

 and water-holes in Kimberley, north-west Australia. 



