474 mr. w. b. alexander on the 



Hjematopodid*. 



H^matopus ostralegus picatus (King). Pied Oyster-catcher. 



Small parties of this species, or in some cases only single pairs, were seen 

 on North Island, East and West Wallaby Islands, the Pigeon Islands, and 

 Pelsart Island. On the latter they were several times met with on the ridges 

 of broken coral in the centre of the island, suggesting that they were nesting- 

 there, but no nests were found. The two specimens from the Abrolhos in 

 the W.A. Museum are referable to the northern race picatus. 



H^matopus niger bernieri (Mathews). Black Oyster-catcher. 



These birds were seen on the reefs at North Island, West Wallaby Island, 

 Wooded Island, and Pelsart Island. They were not quite so numerous as 

 the preceding species, with which they often associated. Mr. Lipfert found 

 a nest containing one fresh egg on November 24, 1894. 



Oh aradriidi. 



Squatarola sqxjatarola hypomelas (Pallas). Grey Plover. 



A specimen in the W.A. Museum was obtained on the Abrolhos in the 

 summer of 1894. We saw a flock of birds, either of this species or Golden 

 Plovers, on the shore of West Wallaby Island. 



Leucopolkts ruficapillus tormenti (Matheius). Red-capped Dotterel. 



Very abundant on the sandy shores of North Island and East and West 

 Wallaby Islands, but not met with in the southern groups, where sandy 

 beaches are unusual. Breeding was apparently over, or nearly so, as young 

 birds were often seen with the adults on the beaches, but on West Wallaby 

 Island pairs of birds were met with on the sandy flats in the interior of the 

 island as if nesting. 



SCOLOPACIDJ. 



Numenius cyanoptts, Vieillot. Australian Curlew. 



Campbell met with this species in the Wallaby Group in the summer of 

 1889. 



Ph^EOPUS PHiEOPDS VARIEGATUS (Scopoli). Whimbrel. 

 Campbell records that he saw a small flock at " the mangrove swamp " on 

 Pelsart Island on December 23, 1889. 



Vetola lapponica baueri (Nawnann). Barred-rumped Godwit. 

 Lipfert shot a specimen on Gun Island in the summer of 1894. 



