collected in Dutch JS^ew Guinea. 281 



from H. g. novce-JioUandice in being darker above," can be 

 maintained as distinct from the typical Celebean form. 

 Mr. Mathews says the colour of the tail is a good character 

 for separating the two, but I fail to find any difference 

 whatever in this respect. Sharpe included the Australian 

 birds with U. gallinaceus from Celebes, but in the latter the 

 black on the neck usually encroaches somewhat farther over 

 the mantle, and the bronze-brown of the head and wings is, 

 generally speaking, rather darker. It must, however, be 

 remarked that the Australian birds in the British Museum 

 are nearly all in somewhat worn plumage, whereas those from 

 Celebes are in fresh or nearly fresh plumage. I am by no 

 means convinced that Sharpe was not right in uniting the 

 Australian birds with the Celebean. 



Family GLAREOLID^. 



*Stiltia Isabella. 



Stiltia Isabella (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. xxiv. p, 51 (1896) ; 

 tap Oort, p. 60 (1909). 



This Pratincole was obtained at Merauke. 



Family CHARADRIID^, 



Char adr ins dominicus fulvus. 



Charadrius dominicus Miill. ; Sharpe, Cat, xxiv. p. 195 

 (1896). 



Charadrius dominicus fidvus Gmel. ; van Oort, p. 58 

 (1909). 



a. ? . Mouth of the Mimika Eiver, 28th Nov. 1910. 

 [No. 4., C.H.JB.G.] 



h. ? imm. Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 13th March, 

 1913. [C.B.K.] 



These birds both belong to the smaller race ; they 

 measure : — 



tti Wing 163 mm. ( = 6*4 ins.). 

 b. „ 167 „ ( = 6-55 ins,). 



'"The eastern form of the Smaller Golden Plover was 



