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THE AUSTRAL AVIAN 

 RECORD. 



Vol. IV., Nos. 4 and 5 December 16th, 1920. 



CONTENTS. PAGE 



A Name- List op the Birds of Austrai^ia . . . . 73 



Forgotten Bird-Artists and an Old-Time Orni- 

 thologist .. .. .. .. .. ..114 



Snipe and Sandpipers : A Rearrangement . . . . 123 



Sheeborn and the Systematist .. .. .. 130 



A NAME-LIST OF THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 



By Gregory M. Mathews and Tom Iredale. 



(Concluded.) 



Limosa limosa (Linne 1758, Scolopax) 



Black-tailed Godwit 

 Mesoscolopax minutus (Gould 1841, Numenius) 



Little Whimbrel 

 Phceopus phceopus (Linne 1758, Scolopax) 



Whimbrel 

 Numenius cyanopus Vieillot 1817 



Curlew 



Family Recurvirostridse. Avocets and Stilts 



Himantopus leucocephalus Gould 1837 



White-headed Stilt 

 Cladorhynchus leucocephalus (Vieillot 1816, Recurvirostra) 



Banded Stilt 

 Recurvirostia novcehollandice Vieillot 1816 



Red-necked Avocet 



