THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
the name Parra ludoviciana for the same bird. Wagler changed this to 
Charadrius callceas {Syst. Av. CharadriuSy sp. 52, 1827). Without any attempt 
at differentiation Gould described Lobivanellus personatus as new from Cobourg 
Peninsula, and used this name continually. When Ramsay wrote up the 
“ Tabular List ” in the Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W.y Vol. IL, p. 197, 1878, he 
correctly synonymised this with the much prior m^7es of Boddaert. Since then 
until 1912, this synonymy has been accepted. When I made up my “ Reference 
List,” I pointed out that the plate in the Plan. Enl. agreed better in coloration 
with the form inhabiting the East Indian Islands, and therefore designated 
Timor Laut as the type-locality. This course seems to be best, as there can 
be little doubt that no bird came from North Austraha to Europe before 
1760, while there was communication between the Spice Islands and Europe 
at that early date. 
The three forms I admit are : — 
Lobibyx miles miles (Boddaert) ; Timor Laut, Moluccas. 
Lobibyx miles personatus (Gould) ; North-west Australia ; Northern 
Territory. Much darker than the preceding. 
Lobibyx miles Jiarterti (Mathews) ; North Queensland. Still darker 
and larger. 
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