THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
noted that the eggs in this case confirm the criticism of the bird’s character. 
The eggs of Galachrysia lactea and cinerea are distinctive, somewhat 
resembling those of Cursorius, but the eggs of Glareola ocularis are typically 
those of Glareola, showing this bird to be very closely allied to that genus, 
and to have little relation to the species of Galachrysia, 
The two species hitherto representing this family in Australia are 
Stiltia isdbella, the aberrant Courser resembling a Pratincole, and Glareola 
pratincola 7mldivarum, a winter-visitor. The transference of Eudromius 
australis Gould to this family adds another breeding form, and here again 
a most aberrant Courser is seen to inhabit the interior of Australia. This 
peculiar endemism of aberrant forms of this Order breeding in Australia has 
not hitherto been fully noted, through the lumping of generic forms: the 
acceptance of genera of very narrow limits lays bare these most interesting 
avian forms. 
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