LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
126. PHiEOPUS PHiEOPUS. WHIMBREL. 
[Scolopax phceopus Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 146, Jan. 1st, 1758 : Europe. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 43 (pt. xxxi.), June 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 2, pi. 145, May 2nd, 
1913. 
Tantalus variegatus Scopoli, Del. Flor. Faun. Insub., fasc. II., p. 92, 1786, based on Sonnerat, p. 85, pi. 48: 
Luzon, Philippines. 
Scolopax luzoniensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. ii., p. 656, April 20th, 1789. Same basis as preceding. 
Numenius atricapillus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., Vol. VIII., p. 303, March 15th, 1817. New name for 
preceding. 
Numenius uropygialis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1840, p. 175, July 1841 : South coast of Australia. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
CXII. Genus MESOSCOLOPAX. 
Mesoscolopax Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV., pp. 338, 371 (pref. dated July 10th), 1896. Type (by 
monotypy) : Numenius minutus Gould. 
127. MESOSCOLOPAX MINUTUS. LITTLE WHIMBREL. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 44 (pt. xxxi.), June 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 2, pi. 146, May 
2nd, 1913. 
Numenius minutus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 176, July 1841 : New South Wales. 
Numenius minor Muller, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Land- en Volkenk., p. 110, 1841 : Amboina. 
Not of Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 58, 1817. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
CXIII. Genus TAMOS A. 
Limosa Brisson, Ornith., Vol. I., p. 48, Vol. V., p. 261, 1760. Type (by tautonymy) : Limosa = Scolopax limosa 
Linne. 
Limicid,a Vieillot, Anal. nouv. Orn., p. 56, April 14th, 1816. Type (by monotypy): " Barge Buffon " = 
Scolopax limosa Linne. 
Gambetta Koch, Syst. baier. Zool., pp. xlii., 307, July 1816. Type (by monotypy) : S. limosa Linn6. 
Fedoa Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. XII., pt. I., p. 70, 1824. Type (by tautonymy) : Scolopax fedoa Linne. 
Not of Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, pp. 20, 56, 1817. 
Actites Billberg, Synops. Faunse Scand., Vol. I., pi. 2, Tab. A. and p. 153, 1828. Type : Scolopax limosa Linn<$. 
c/. Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pts. ii. and in., p. 41, Oct. 23rd, 1913. 
Not of Uliger, Prodr. Mamm. and Av., p. 263, 1811. 
128. LIMOSA LIMOSA. BLACK-TAILED GODWIT. 
[Scolopax limosa Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 147, Jan. 1st, 1758 : Europe. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 28 (pt. xxxiv.), Sept. 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 2, pi. 147 
May 2nd, 1913. V 
Limosa melanuroides Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxxiv. (Vol. VI., pi. 28), Sept. 1st, 1846 : Port Essington, 
Northern Territory. ’ 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
CXIV. Genus VET OLA. 
Vetola Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. III., pt. 2, p. 191, May 2nd, 1913. Type (by original designation) : Scolopax 
lapponica Linne 
129. VETOLA LAPPONICA. BARRED- RUMPED GODWIT. 
[Scopolax lapponica Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 147, Jan. 1st, 1758 : Sweden, Europe. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 29 (pt. xxxiii.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 2, pi. 148, May 
2nd, 1913. J 
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