THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
I have distinguished the birds from North-west Australia on account of 
their generally smaller size and also their more rufescent coloration. The 
name to be used is — 
Burhinus inagnirostris rufescens Mathews. 
This name was given to birds collected at Parry’s Creek, North-west 
Australia, and at present I associate with these, specimens procured in the 
Northern Territory and Melville Island, but later anticipate the separation 
of these latter. 
The South-west Australian birds are easily distinguished by their still 
smaller size, the short tarsus being especially noticeable. These I have 
named — 
Burhinus irmgnirostris hrootmi Mathews. 
The bird figured and described is a male, collected at Gosford, New South 
Wales, in June, 1890. 
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