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THE BIRDS OF AUSTKALIA 



The single egg in the British Museum from the Seebohm 

 collection is a greyish cream colour, boldly marked over the 

 larger half with coarse blotches of chestnut-brown and pale 

 underlying purple, with lines of black; the smaller end has a 

 few rufous spots on. It measures 1.61 x liflS inch. 



Knot: Tringa cajiutus. 



Meyer. 



The Great Sandpiper. 



Tringa crassirostris. 



Eastern Siberia to Avistralia aud Western India. 



The winter plumage is similar to T. canutus, being ashy grey above 

 and white below, but easily distinguished by the longer bill and pure 

 white upper tail-coverts; the dusky spots on the chest and sides of the 

 body smaller and much more distinct. Total length 10.5 inches, culmen 

 1.6, wing 6.9, tail 2.5, tarsus 1.3. 



Nests in Siberia. Not described. 



Hind toe present, 

 than mid toe. 



Genus Galliiiago. 



Bill longer than tarsus. 



Tarsus shorter 



The Snipe. 



Gallinago australis. 



Nesting in Japan and passing in winter by Formosa to Australia and 

 Tasmania. 



The general colour above black and the stripes and markings of the 

 upper surface are a dark sandy isabelline, especially on hinder neck, and 

 the paler colour on the scapulars causes the black to stand out conspicuously 



