LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Hcematopus niger Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. XIV., pt. I., p. 336, 1826 : Australia. 
Not of Temminck as above 1820. 
Hcematopus fuliginosus Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xviii. (Vol. IV., pi. 8), March 1st, 1845 : Tasmania. 
Hcematopus niger austr alasianus Bonaparte, Comptes Rend us Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XLIII., p. 420, Sept. 1st, 1856 : 
New name for H. fuliginosus Gould. 
Hcematopus opthalmicus Castelnau and Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. I., p. 385, March 1877 : Gulf of 
Carpentaria, Queensland. 
Hcematopus unicolor bernieri Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 214, Jan. 31st, 1912: Bernier Island, V est 
Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
Family VANELLIDiE. 
XCVI. Genus ERYTHROGONYS. 
Erythrogonys Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv., pi. 73, April 1st, 1838. Type (by monotypy) : Erythrogonys 
cinctus Gould. 
109. ERYTHROGONYS CINCTUS. RED-KNEED DOTTEREL. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 21 (pt. iii.), June 1st, 1841. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. I, pi. 128, April 2nd, 
1913. 
Erythrogonys einctus Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv., pi. 73, April 1838 : New South Wales 
Vatiellus rufiventer Lesson, Echo du Monde Savant, lie Ann., No. 9, col. 207, August 1st, 1844 : New South Wales 
(c/. Menegaux, reprint Art. d’Ornith., Lesson, p. 175, 1913). 
Erythrogonys cinctus mixtus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 215, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry's Creek, North-west 
Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
XCVIL Genus LOBIBYX. 
Lobibyx Heine und Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein., p. 334, (pref. Sept.) 1890. Type (by original designation) : 
Tringa lobata Latham = Vanellus novcehollandice Stephens. 
Lobivanellus Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. XVIII., 1S52 (? 1853). Type (by monotypy) : V. novcehollandice 
Stephens. 
Not of Strickland, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), p. 32, 1841, Oct. 
110. LOBIBYX N OVA2HQLL ANDIA2. SPUR- WINGED PLOVER. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 9 (pt. viii.), Sept. 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 1, pi. 129, April 2nd, 
1913. 
Tringa lobata Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. Ixv., 1801, after May : New South Wales. 
Not of Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 148, Jan. 1st, 1758. 
Vanellus novsehollandiae Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. XI., pt. n., p. 516, 1819, Aug. : New South Wales. 
Gharadrius gallinaceus Wagler, Syst. Av., Charadr., sp. 50, p. (75), Oct. 1827, ex Temminck MS. : " Timor ” errore 
= New South ^W ales. 
Lobibyx novcehollandice gracemeri Mathews, Austral Av.Rec.,Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 126, Jan. 28th, 1915: Gracemere, 
Queensland. 
Distribution. East Australia, Tasmania, South Australia. 
111. LOBIBYX MILES. LESSER MASKED PLOVER. 
[ Tringa miles Boddaert, Tabl. Planch. Enlum., p. 51, (pref. Dec. 1st), 1783 : Timor Laut. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 10 (pt. viii.), Sept. 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 1, pi. 130, April 2nd, 
1913. 
Lobivanellus personatus Gould, Birds Austr., pt. viii. (Vol. VI., pi. 10), Sept. 1st, 1842 : Coburg Peninsula, Northern 
Territory. 
Lobibyx miles harterti Mathews, Nov. Zool,, Vol. XVIII., p. 215, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Inkerman, Queensland. 
Distribution. North Queensland, Northern Territory, North-west Australia. 
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