Order CHARADRIIFORMES 
No. 185. 
Family RECURVIROSTRIDM 
RECURVIROSTRA NOViE-HOLLANDI^ NOV^-HOLLANDI^. 
EASTERN RED-NECKED AVOCET. 
Recurvirostra NOViE-HOLLANDi^ Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., Vol. III., p. 103, 
1816 ; Victoria. 
Recurvirostra novce-hollandice VieiUot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., Vol. III., p. 103, 1816 ; 
BuUer, Birds New Zeal., p. 201, 1873 (New Zealand) ; Harting, Ibis 1874, p. 258 ; 
BuUer, Trans. New Zeal. Inst. 1874, Vol. VII., p. 206, 1875 ; id., Birds New Zeal., 
2nd ed., Vol. II., p. 20, 1888 ; id., Trans. New Zeal. Inst. 1891, Vol. XXIV., p. 81, 
1892 ; Legge, Proc. Austr. Assoc. Adv. Sci., Vol. IV., p. 962, 1892 ; CampbeU, ib., 
Vol. V., p. 439, 1893 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV., p. 333, 1896 ; 
North, Birds County Cumberl., p. Ill, 1898 ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. 
Birds, p. 804, 1901 ; Lyons, Emu, Vol. I., p. 137, 1902 ; Sharpe, Hist. Coll. Brit. 
Mus., Birds, p. 150, 1906 ; HaU, Key Birds Austr., p. 83, 1906 ; Berney, Emu, Vol. 
VI., p. 113, 1907 ; Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., p. 25, 1908; Littler, Handb. 
Birds Tasm., p. 135, 1910. 
Recurvirostra rubricollis Temminck, Manuel d’Orn., 2nd ed., Vol. II., p. 592, 1820 (Victoria) ; 
Gould, Birds Austr., Vol. VI., pi. 27, 1842 ; id., Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. II., 
p. 249, 1865 ; Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1877, p, 338 ; id., Proc. Linn. Soc. 
N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 198, 1878 ; id., ib., Vol. VII., p. 411, 1883 ; id., Tabl. List 
Austr. Birds, p. 20, 1888 ; North, Austr. Mus. Cat., No. 12, p. 309, 1889 ; Keartland, 
Birds Melb. Distr., p. 115, 1900. 
Himantopus novce-hollandice Seebohm, Hist. Brit. Birds, Vol. III., p. 75, 1885. 
Himantopus rubricollis Seebohm, Ibis 1886, p. 229 ; id., Geogr. Distr. Charadr., p. 292, 
1887. 
Recurvirostra novce-hollandice novce-hollandice Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 219, 
1912. 
Distribution. Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia. 
Adult. Similar to the adult of R. n. stalkeri but larger (especially in the biU) and the 
chestnut on the head not so rich. 
Nest. Made on little heaps of stiff grass. 
Eggs. “ Clutch four. Ground colour light stone to creamy yellow, some of the former 
tint have a faint olive-green shade, some are heavily blotched towards the thicker 
end, others sparingly covered with spots, dots and freckles of dark amber-brown 
and black, with a few obsolete spots of slate grey ” (Ramsay). Axis 48-51 mm., 
diameter 32-36. 
Breeding-season. September to December (Bennett). 
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