collected In Dutch New Guinea. 283 



*JEgialitis dubius. 



^gialitis dubius (Scop.) ; Sharpe, Cat. xxiv. pp. 263, 744 

 (1896) [part.]. 



u^gialites dubius jerdoni Legge ; van Oort, p. 58 (1909). 



Charadrius dubius Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 482 

 (1913). 



Dr. van Oort points out that specimens of the Little 

 Ringed Plover obtained on the Noord River agree with the 

 description given by Legge o£ typical examples oiyE. jerdoni 

 from Ceylon, and he upholds the distinction between the 

 eastern and western forms of ^. dubius. Mr. Lorentz 

 found this bird breeding and obtained a pair with their 

 young. The wing-measurement of the male is given as 

 112 mm. ( = 4'4 ins.) and the female as 109 ( = 4-3 ins.). In 

 typical males of ^1E. jerdoni from Ceylon the wing-measure- 

 ment is 102 mm. ( = 4'0 ins.). 



*Hiniantopus leucocephalus. 



HimantoiJus leucocephalus Gould ; Sharpe, Cat. xxiv. p. 317 

 (1896); van Oort, p. 59 (1909). 



The Australian Stilt was obtained at Merauke. 



Numenius cyanopus. 



Numenius cyanopus Vieill. ; Sharpe, Cat. xxiv. p. 350 

 (1896). 



Numenius arquata cyanopus van Oort, p. 60 (1909). 



a. S' Mouth of the Mimika River, 18th March, 1911. 

 [No. 1193, C.H.B.G.] 



Iris brown ; bill blackish-horn-colour, basal half of the 

 lower mandible flesh-colour ; feet deep ashy-grey. 



" Small flocks of thfe Australian Curlew, numbering from 

 six to eight birds, used to pass along the sea-front at the 

 turning of the tide, but they always kept well out of shot. 

 Occasionally a single bird would pitch on the sand-flats, but 

 though I stalked many of them I was only able by a very 

 long shot to secure a specimen. They had a clear whistle of 

 seven syllables, and both in their call and flight resembled 

 N. phccopus." — C. H. B. G. 



