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possession. The only one extant to-day is the example in the 

 Leyden Museum, which I consider to be the bird figured by 

 Forster, and described by me in 1896 (Cat. B., vol. xxiv., p. 525). 

 The bird figured by Latham (pi. lxxxii.) differs somewhat from 

 Forster's painting, in that it is shown with a rufous eyebrow, 

 white lores, and a single rounded patch of white on the bend of 

 the wing. Forster's specimen, it will be seen, came from Tahiti, 

 but the bird figured by Ellis is quite different from Forster's and 

 Latham's figures, and came, moreover, from Eimeo or York 

 Island, where it was called " Te-te." Ellis' figure certainly 

 represents a different bird from Forster's. It has a circlet of 

 rufous colour round the eye, it has a double patch on the win«-- 

 coverts, and the median and greater wing-coverts are pale ferru- 

 ginous like the rump. I propose to call this bird Prosobonia ellisi. 

 PI. 121. Charadrius torquatula, Forst., Descr. Anim., p. 108 

 (1844: Dusky Bay). 

 = Thinornis novse zcalandise (Gm.) ; cf. Sharpe, Cat. B. 



xxiv., p. 304. 

 " Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand." " Doodoorroo- 

 attoo." 

 Latham's " New Zealand Plover " was described from the 

 collection of Sir Joseph Banks, and Forster's drawing was no 

 doubt taken from the same specimen. 



PI. 122. Charadrius glareola, Forst., Descr. Anim., p. 109 

 (1844 : S. Island, New Zealand). 

 = Ochthodromus obscurus (Gm.) ; cf. Sharpe, Cat. B., xxiv. 



p. 211. 

 " Ha poho-era," April 4, 1773. 

 The "Dusky Plover" of Latham (Gen. Syn., pt. 1, p. 211) 

 was described from a specimen in Sir Joseph Banks' collection 

 and was doubtless the original of Forster's sketch. 



PI. 123. Cha radius glaucopus, Forst., Descr. Anim., p. 176 

 (1844: Otaheitee). 

 = Charadrius dominicus, P. L. S. Mull. ; cf. Sharpe, Cat. B., 



xxiv., p. 195. 

 "Tonga Tabboo or Amsterdam Island." 

 PI. 124. Is also Charadrius dominicus, but in more full 

 plumage. 

 " Poemanghcc. New Caledonia, £ , Sept. 6th, 1774." 

 PI. 125. Chionis lactea, Forst., Descr. Anim., p. 330(1844). 

 Is Chionis alba (Gm.) : cf. Sharpe, Cat. B., xxiv., p. 710. 

 "Staten Land, Jan. 2nd, 1775." 



