THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
a flock on the flat sandy borders of the river, behind the village, but the birds 
disappeared in the fog before I could secure a specimen. During the following 
spring two females were secured at Emihanovski Mys, on the northern shore, 
as late as the 20th and 21st of June. They were single, and their eggs large 
and swollen, so that there is a probability that a few pairs remain during the 
summer and breed. 
“ In the fall, September 3rd, 1883, a large flock was observed on the 
mountain plateau, north of the village, feeding upon the berries of Ejnpetrum 
nigrum. Two young birds were taken on the steamer in the beginning of 
August, when at sea between Kamtschatka and Bering Island. ’’f 
Radde found it in East Siberia on April 30th, 1859. 
The bird figured and described is a female collected at Cooktown by 
E. Ohve on October 4th, 1899, and presented to me by Mr. H. C. Robinson. 
The first three names given to this bird are all founded on the description 
of a bird from Luzon, by Sonnerat. These are Tantalus variegatus Scopoli, 
1786, Scolopax luzoniensis Gmehn, 1789, and Nwmnius atricapillus Vieillot, 
1817, and of course the first-named is the one to be used, the others ranking 
as absolute synonyms. The only other synonyms are Numenius uropygialis 
of Gould and N. melanorhynchus Taczanowski. 
* Stejneger, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mu9., No. 29, p. 139, 1885. 
