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No. 827— $ . Length, 8.1 inches (16/9/86). 

 No. 328— $ . Length, 8.4 inches (16/9/86). 



76. Burhinus magnirostris rufescexs. Little Stone Plover. 



Burhinus maqnirosti is rufescens (Mathews). Nov. Zool. r 

 Vol. XVIIL, p. 225, 1912, Parry's Creek, North-west Aus- 

 tralia. 



No. 439— $ . Length, 21.8 inches (25/10/86). 



Irides, yellow, mottled with dark brown or black on the 

 outer circle; bill, black, lighter at the base of the lower man- 

 dible; legs and feet, dirty greenish white, with a slight tinge 

 of light brown on the feet. 



77. Tiireskiorxis Molucca strictipexnis. White Ibis. 



Ibis strictipennis (Gould). Synops. Birds Austr., pi. IV., 

 App. p. 7, 1838, New South Wales. 



No. 387— ? . Length, 25.7 inches (8/8/ 86). 



No. 391— 9 . Length, 26.9 inches (9/8/86). 



Irides, dark brown; bill and the naked skin on the head 

 and neck, black; the sides of the basal portion of the upper 

 and lower mandibles mottled with whitish horn colour, these 

 markings are chiefly noticeable on the upper mandible; tarsi, 

 purplish brown, with some irregular spots of pink at the joint; 

 tibia, pink on the upper portion, with purplish brown marks 

 on the sides and back, lower portions brown, some of the 

 scales showing pinkish; toes, black, with a purplish tint at 

 the base. Younger birds have not the mottled appearance on 

 the bill, and the pink colouring of the tibia is confined to the 

 upper part. They are wild birds and difficult to get within 

 range of. Grasshoppers and beetles form their chief food, and 

 sometimes the fat is a quarter of an inch thick in places. 



No. 446— $ . Length, 30.5 inches (26/10/86). 



Irides, brown; bill and skin on head and neck, black, 

 across the nape and hind neck are numerous marks of pink, 

 which give those parts the appearance of having been freshly 

 cut between the folds of the skin ; on top of the head a number 

 of similiar, but smaller, marks arranged regularly, and of a 

 paler colour; front of tibia, knee joint, back of the tarsus, 

 under surface, and sides of the toes, their joints and at their 



