106 THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD [Vol. 11. 



that an ornithologist of such repute as Hellmayr should, 

 have allowed himself to do such slipshod work. 



The names of the following birds should be removed 

 from the Austrahan List to a hypothetical addenda, as 

 no skins of Australian shot specimens are extant : — 



p. 3. Aptenodytes patagonica Tialli Mathews. 



This was recorded by Hall as having been kiUed on 

 Maria Island, Tasmania. Mr. Hall tells me the specimen 

 was not preserved. 



p. 65. Tringa ocrophus assami Mathews. 



Recorded by Hall in mistake for Rhyacophilus glareola 

 a-fjinis Horsfield. No Australian occurrence. 



V ^p- 68. Bartramia longicauda Bechstein. 



i'*'^^T^T Although this bird was recorded by Gould as having 



f^^)OisA^ been " shot by an old sportsman, during the snipe 



»bt> \^ season of 1848, near the water reservoir, in the vicinity 



of Sydney," no skin is in existence. Mr. Robert 



Etheridge assures me that it is not in the Sydney Museum 



where it was returned in 186L As this is the only 



record, we should leave it until others are collected in 



Australia. 



p. 80. Ardea cinerea rectirostris Gould. 



This is another of the birds added to the Australian 

 List by Gould of which no reliable information is available. 



p. 92. Spatula clypeata indiana Mathews. 



The same applies to this as to the former species. 



p. 99. Fregata aquila palmerstoni Gmelin, only from 

 Torres Strait. 



p. 103. Leucospiza novcehoUandice leucosoma Sharpe. 

 No reliable record. 



p. 106. Butastur teesa Franklin. Record unreliable. 



