304 CHABADRIADiE. 



A fine set of these eggs, obtained by Mr. W. A. Mackay in 1 878, 

 on the One Tree Plain near Deniliquin, measure (A) 1'47 x 1-05 

 inch; (B) 1-45 x 1-03 inch. 



Ilab. New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 

 Australia. (^Ramsay.) 



Genus ^GIALITIS, Boie. 



iEGIALITIS MONACHUS, Geoffroy. 

 Hooded Dotterel. 

 Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 508, p. 231. JLXL J. 



For the eggs of this bird, I am indebted to Mr. W. Gordon, 

 who procured them during his residence on King Island, Bass's 

 Straits, while superintending the erection of the lighthouse at that 

 place during 1878-9. The eggs, two in number for a sitting were 

 simply deposited in a slight hollow on the beach, and resembled 

 very closely their surroundings ; they are of a light stone colour, 

 sprinkled all over with irregular shaped brownish-black spots, 

 which in some places become confluent, together with superimposed 

 markings of a lighter colour appearing as if beneath the surface of 

 the shell. Length (A) 1-37 x 1*06 inch ; (B) 1-38 x 1-04 inch. 



This species breeds during the months of September, October, 

 and November. 



Hah. Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 

 Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, 

 Tasmania, West and South-West Australia. ( Bamsay ) 



^ ^GIALITIS NIGRIFRONS, Cuvier. 



Black-fronted Dotterel. 

 QouU, Ilandbh. B,h. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 509, p. 232. SET ^ 



■" This species is found dispersed over the whole of the eastern 

 and southern portions of Australia, even venturing far inland. I 



