SYSTEMATIC INDEX. xiii 



Sub-Family — H^MATOpoDiNiE : Oyster-catciieks. 



Pied Oyster-catcher {Hcematopius longirostris) ... 122 



Black Oyster-catohor (Hcematopus unicolor) ... ... 123 



Sub-Family — ^Lobi vanellin je . 



Spur-winged Plover {Lobivanellus lobahis) 124 



Sub-Family — CHARADRiiN.a; . 



Black-breasted Plover (Zonifer tricolor) ... ... 125 



Grey Plover {Squatarola helvetica) 127 



Lesser Golden Plover (Gharadrius do.minicus) ... ... 128 



Double-banded Dottrel {Ochthodromus (Mgialitis) bi- 



cinctus) ... ... ... ... ... ... 129 



Bed-capped Dottrel {^gialitis ruflcapilla) 131 



Black-fronted Dottrel {Mgialitis melanops) ... ... 132 



Hooded Dottrel {^gialitis cucullata) 133 



Sub-Family — HiMANTo'poDiN.ffi: : Stilts, &c. 



White-headed Stilt {Himantopus leucocephalus) ... 134 



Banded Stilt {Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) ... ... 135 



'Red-nedked A.Yoaet {Becurvirostra nov(B-hollandi«) ... 135 



Sub-Family — ToTANiN.a:. 



Curlew {Numenius cyanopus) ... ... ... ... 136 



Whimbrel (Numenius variegatus) ... ... ... 187 



Barred-rumped Godwit (Limosa novce-zealandim) . . . 138 



Common Sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus) ... ... 139 



Greenshank {Glottis nebularius) ... ... ... 140 



Sub-Family- — Scolopaoin^ : Snipes. 



Little Stint (himonites rufloollis) ... ... ... 142 



Sharp-tailed Stint {Heteropygia acuminata) ... ... 143 



Curlew Stint {Ancylochilus subarquatus) ... ... 144 



Snipe {Gallinago australis) ... ... ... ... lib 



ORDER— GAVI^ : SEA-BIRDS. 



FAMILY— LARID^ : GULLS AND TERNS. 



Sub-Family — Sternin.*: : Terns. 



Caspian Tern {Hydroprogne caspia) ... ... ... 146 



Created Tern {Sterna bergii) 147 



White-fronted Tern {Sterna frontalis) 148 



Sooty Tern {Sterna fuliginosa) ... ... ... ... 150 



White-faced Temlet {Sterna nereis) •. . 151 



Sub-Family — Larinje : Gulls. 



Silver Gull {Larus novce-hollandice) 152 



Pacific Gull {Oabianus pacificus) 153 



