THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Radde records : “ This bird only visits the fresh water lake at Kulus- 
sutajefsk, during Autumn migration, where I shot a young bird on 
August 22nd, 1856. On September 4th, 1856, I saw it for the last time on 
the Tarei Nor.” 
“ Dybowski and Godlewski found it common in aU the countries visited 
from Irkutsk to the sea of Japan. They arrive there in the first part of 
May, and stay for a little while on the banks of the rivers, lakes and sea, 
and go afterwards to nest elsewhere. On their return they appear in August, 
and are often found until the middle of September. Their habits do not 
differ from those of the European birds.” (Taczanowski.) 
The bird figured and described is a male, collected in New South Wales. 
As in most of these Waders, the Eastern form is lighter in every stage 
of plumage. 
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