172 MATHEWS— Birds of North and North-West Australia. 



72. Subspilura megala. Larger Pin-tailed Snipe. 



Gallinago megala (Swinhoe). Ibis, 1861, p. 343. Pekin, 

 China. 



Xo. 531— $ . Length, 11.4 inches (9/11/86). 



The bird was sitting close to the ground, with his bill 

 touching, and looked much like a piece of dirt. It gave forth 

 no note on rising. 



Irides, brown; bill, olive, dark brown on terminal portion; 

 legs and feet, light yellowish olive. 



73. Rostratula australis. Painted Snipe. 



Rhyncliaea australis (Gould). Synops. Birds Austr., Pt. 

 IV., App. p. 6, 1838. New South Wales. 



Xo. 289— 5 . Length, 10.8 inches (19/7/86). 



Irides, fine brown; eyelid, dark brown; bill, olive on its 

 basal half, shading with brownish yellow, and tipped with 

 horn colour, the skin between the fork of the lower mandible 

 pale green; legs and feet, pale sepia green. 



Xo. 290— 5 . Length, 10.7 inches (19/7/86). 



Irides, brown; eyelid, brown; bill, olive brown for its basal 

 half, passing into dark brown for the remainder of its length; 

 the skin between the fork of the lower mandible greenish 

 white ; legs and feet, greenish white. 



74. Stiltia Isabella. Australian Pratincole. 



Glareola Isabella (Vieillot). Analyse Xouv. Ornith., p. 69, 

 1816, Australia. 



Xo. 224— 9 . Length, 8.7 inches (28/8/86). 



Xo. 225— $ . Length, 8.2 inches (28/8/86). 



Xo. 252— $ . Length, 8.4 inches (31/8/86). 



Irides, brown; bill, coral red from the base to pass the 

 nostrils, remainder brown; legs and feet, brown. 



Although a regular desert bird, round Derby (Monkey 

 Jarra) it frequented the land adjoining the swamps. 



Xo. 302— 5 . Length, 8.1 inches > (22/7/86). 



Irides, brown; bill, fleshy red for its basal half, black for 

 the remainder of its length; legs and feet, brown. 



