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INTRODUCTION. 
Family SCOLOPACIDJE, Fig: 
Genus Himantopus. B?'iss. 
Europe, India and Africa are inhabited by one, North America by a second. South America by a third and 
perhaps a fourth, New Zealand by a fifth, and AustraHa by a sixth species of this elegant but singular genus ; the 
Australian bird, which is more abundant in the southern than in the northern parts of the country, is perhaps the 
finest and most ornamental of the whole. 
480. Himantopus leucocephalus, Gould ........... Vol. VI. PL 24. 
481. Himantopus Novse-Zealandiee Vol. VI. PI. 25. 
Genus Chladorhynchus, 6''. i?. Graf/. 
The only known species of this form is peculiar to Australia. 
482. Chladorhynchus pectoralis Vol. VI. PI. 26. 
Obsen^ed in great numbers by Captain Sturt, during his journey into the interior, in the Appendix to which he 
says, — " This singular bird, with legs so admirably adapted by their length for wading into the shallow lakes and 
sheets of water, near which it is found, was seen in large flocks. It was very abundant on Lepson's Lake to the 
northward of Cooper's Creek ; and on Strzelecki's Creek it was sitting on the water with other wild fowl making 
a singular plaintive whistle." 
Genus Recurvirostra, Lmn. 
This form, like that of Himantopus, is widely distributed over the globe, since species inhabit America, Africa, 
Europe, India and Australia, in which latter country, as in Europe, only one species is found, viz. 
483. Recurvirostra rubricollis, Temm. . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. VI. PL 27. 
Genus Limosa, Briss. 
Two very distinct species of this genus inhabit Australia, one the southern and the other the northern divisions 
of the country ; others occur in Java, Sumatra, India, Africa, Europe and North America. 
484. Limosa Melanuroides, Gould Vol. VL PL 28. 
485. Limosa uropygialis, Gould . . . . . Vol. VI. PL 29. 
Genus Sch(eniclus, Moehr. 
I have figured four species of this genus as inhabiting Australia, not more than one, or at most two, of which, 
however, is or are peculiar to that country. The species of this genus range over many degrees of latitude, and 
occur in America as well as in most parts of the Old World. 
486. Schoeniclus Australis ............. Vol. VI. PL 30. 
487. Schoeniclus albescens ............. Vol. VI. PL 31. 
488. Schoeniclus subarquatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. VI. PL 32. 
489. Schoeniclus magnus, Gould ............ Vol. VI. PL 33. 
This species, I believe, also inhabits India and Japan. 
