No. 1.] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 31 



Rock Warbler, wliich has a distinct throat patch, dark ferru- 

 ginous below exactly unlike the description, and a square tail. 



Tringa aurita Latham. 

 Plate 6. 

 The Brown-eared Sandpiper, to which Latham attached 

 the above Latin name, was described as follows : 



" The bill in this is as long as the head, and dusky ; plumage 

 above rusty-ash colour, crossed with numerous whitish lines 

 on the back and wings ; the feathers on the outer-ridge of 

 the wing all edged with white ; over the eye a white streak ; 

 all the under-parts pale, a httle mottled or streaked ; on the 

 ears a brown patch, which passes through the eye, but less 

 distinct ; quills and tail dusky ; legs dusky-white. Inhabits 

 New South Wales." 



When Gray examined the Lambert drawings he regarded one 



of these as being the basis of the above description, and wrote : 



" Tringa aurita Lath. VieiU. Tringoides hyjjoleucus ? " 



Years later Sharpe, criticising the Wathng drawings, 



concluded : 



" No. 244. Brown-eared Sandpiper Lath. . . . 

 Tringa aurita Lath. . . . 

 Heteropygia acuminata (Horsf.) Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds, XXIV., p. 566." 



As the name aurita had many years' priority over Horsfield's 

 acuminata it was used in my Handlist, but later re-examination 

 of Watling drawing No. 244 determined its absolute rejection 

 in that connection, as the painting undoubtedl}^ was that of 

 the Common Sandpiper as suggested by Gray. The painting, 

 however, does not exactly coincide in shade with the des- 

 cription, but tJiat is due to age, as otherwise the details agree. 



Consequent upon the muddle Ridgway has queried the 

 later judgment and hence the reproduction herewith. 



Cuculus palliolatus Latham. 



Plate 7. 



The name Cumulus palliolatus was apj)Ued by Latham (Index 



Ornith. Suppl., p. xxx., 1801) to the bird he had described as 



