THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
My collector Mr. J. P. Rogers, writing from Derby, North-west Australia, 
says he found them in pairs along the sandy beach in February, 1911. They 
spend a deal of their time along high-water mark. Usually they are on the 
sandy beach, but they also frequent the mud-flats at low tide. During 
high-water they are sometimes found on the samphire-flats. They often 
associate with Pisobia ruficollis, 
Mr. Tom Carter tells me that “ This species was rarely seen on the beaches 
near Point Cloates, but was common in mangrove swamps near the North-west 
Cape. A few were breeding on the flooded salt marsh at Maunds Landing 
thirty-five miles south of Point Cloates in May, 1900. They occur aU round 
the South-west coast in suitable locahties.” 
“ Large numbers of these birds were found at the fresh-water swamp 
near Lake Way. They congregated on the sandy margin in great flocks, and 
ran over the moist ground with surprising rapidity in search of food, but when 
their wants were satisfied they again assembled in groups and remained in 
one position for over an hour if undisturbed.”* 
The male and female described and figured were collected at Lake Way, 
West Australia, by Mr. F. Lawson Whitlock, in July, 1909. 
* Keartland, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr., Vol. XXII., p. 186, 1898. 
