LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
123. CLADORHYNCHUS LEUCOCEPHALUS. BANDED STILT. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 26 (pt. ii.), March 1st, 1841. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 2, pi. 142, Mav 2nd 
1913. 
Recurvirostra leucocephala Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., Vol. III., p. 103, Sept. 14th, 1816 : " Aux Terres 
australes ” = Victoria. 
Recurvirostra orientalis Cuvier, Regne Anim., Vol. I., p. 496, Dec. 7th, 1816. ? Same specimen. 
Leptorhynchus pectoralis Du Bus., Mag. de Zool., 1835, pi. 45 (dated Aug.) : Victoria, 
Himantopus palmatus Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. II., pi. (33), April 1st, 1837 : Victoria. 
Glador hynchus australis Lawson, Emu, Vol. IV., p. 131, July 1905. Nomen nudum. 
Gladorhynehus leucocephalus rottnesti Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 31, April 2nd, 1912 : Rottnest 
Island, South-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
CIX. Genus RECURVIROSTRA. 
Recurvirostra Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed., p. 151, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type (by monotypy) : Recurvirostra avosetta 
Linne. 
Avocetta Brisson, Ornith., Vol. I., p. 60, Vol. VI., p. 537, 1760. Type (by tautonymy) : Avocetta = Recurvirostra 
avosetta Linne. 
124. RECURVIROSTRA N O V /EHOLL AN DIAS. RED-NECKED AVOCET. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 27 (pt. ix.), Dec. 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 2, pi. 143, May 2nd, 
1913. 
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., Vol. III., p. 103, Sept. 14th, 1816: “ Nouvelle 
Hollande ” = Victoria. 
Recurvirostra rubricollis Temminck, Manuel d’Orn., 2nd ed., Vol. II., p. 592, Oct. 21st, 1820 : Victoria. 
Recurvirostra novcehollandice stalkeri Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 220, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Alexandra, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
Family SCOLOPACID.E. 
CX. Genus NUMENIUS. 
Numenius Brisson, Vol. I., p. 48, Vol. V., p. 311, 1760. Type (by tautonymy) : Numenius = Scolopax arquata 
Linne. 
Cracticornis Gray, List Genera Birds, 2nd ed.. p. 88, Sept. 1841. Type (by original designation) : Scolopax arquata 
LinnA 
125. NUMENIUS CYANOPUS. CURLEW. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pJ. 42 (pt. xxxiv.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 2, pi. 144, Maj r 2nd, 
1913. 
Numenius cyanopus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., Vol. VIII., p. 306, March 15th, 1817 : Nouvelle Hollande = 
New South Wales. 
Numenius australasianus Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. rv., App., p. 6, April 1st, 1838 : New South Wales. 
Numenius australis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1837, p. 155, Dec. 5th, 1838 : New South Wales. 
Numenius rostratus Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. XI., p. 194, March 1st, 1843, ex Latham MS. for Watling 
plate, basis of Latham's Numenius arquatus var. = N. cyanopus Vieillot. 
Numenius rufescens Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1862, p. 286, April 1st, 1863 : Formosa. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
CXI. Genus PEJEOPUS 
Phseopus Cuvier, Regne Anim., Vol. I., p. 485, Dec. 7th, 1816. Type (by monotypy and tautonymy) : Scolopax 
phceopus Linne 
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