LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Limosa baueri Naumann, Vogel. Deutschl., Vol., Vol. VIII., p. 429 (pref. Oct.) 1836 : New Holland = Victoria. 
Limosa australis “ Briss.” Bennett, Cat. Spec. Nat. Hist. Austr. Mus. (after July 26th), 1837, p. 48. Nom. nud. 
Limosa brevipes Gray, List Sp. Birds Brit. Mus., pt. in., p. 95, 1844 : New Zealand. Nomen nudum. 
Limosa australasiana Gray, ib., p. 96 : Port Essington, Northern Territory. Nomen nudum. 
Limosa lapponica var, novcxzealandice Gray, Voy. “ Erebus and Terror,” Birds, p. 13, Oct. 1845 : New Zealand. 
Limosa foxii Peale, Zool. U.S. Expl. Exped., Vol. VIII., p. 23, 1848 (c/. 2nd ed., p. 314, 1858) : Samoa. 
Limosa uropygiaiis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Bond.), 1848, p. 38, Nov. 14th : Australia = Victoria. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
CXV. Germs ILIORNIS. 
Iliornis Kaup, Skizz. Entwick.-Gesch. Nat. Syst., p. 156, (pref. April) 1829. Type (by monotypy) : Totanus siaq- 
natilis Bechstein. 
130. ILIORNIS STAGNATILXS. LITTLE GREENSHANK. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 37 (pt. xxxiii.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 2, pi. 149, May 2nd, 
1913. 
Totanus stagnatilis Bechstein, Omith. Taschenb. Deutschl., pt. 2, p. 292, 1803 : Germany. 
Trynga guinetta Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., Vol. II., p. 195, 1827 : Russia. 
Limosa horsfieldii Sykes, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1832, p. 163, Nov. 22nd : Dukhun, India. 
Totanus lathamii Gray and Hardwicke, Illus. Ind. Zool., Vol. II., pi. 51, fig. 3 (? May 3rd), 1S34 : Cawnpore, 
India. 
Totanus gracilis Brehm, Vollstand. Vogelfang, p. 313, 1855 (pref. Nov. 8th, 1854) : North East Africa. 
Iliornis stagnatilis addenda Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 126, Jan. 28th, 1915 : Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
CXVI. Genus HETERACTITIS. 
Heteractitis Stejneger, Auk, Vol. I., p. 236, July 1884. New name for Heteroscelus Baird 1858. Type (by 
monotypy) : Totanus brevipes Vieillot = Scolopax incanus Gmeh’n. 
Heteroscelus Baird, Rep. Expl. Surv. Pac. Ocean, Vol. IX., p. 734, Oct. ? 1858. Type (by monotypy) : T. brevipes, 
Vieillot. 
Not Heteroscelis Boisduval, Voy. Astrol., Entom., Vol. II., p. 25, 1835. 
131. HETERACTITIS INCANUS. GREY-RUMPED SANDPIPER. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 38 (pt. xxxiii.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 3, pis. 151 and 
152, Aug. 18th, 1913. 
Scolopax ineana Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 658, April 20th, 1789 : Eimeo and Palmerston Islands, 
Pacific Ocean. 
Scolopax solitaris Bloxham, Voy. “ Blonde,” Sandwich Is., p. 252, “ 1826 ” = Feb. 20th, 1827 : Sandwich Is. 
Totanus fuliginosus Gould, Voy. " Beagle,” Birds, p. 130, March 1841 : Galapagos Islands. 
Scolopax undulata Forster, Descr. Anim., ed Licht., p. 173, (pref. Jan.) 1844 : Tahiti. 
Scolopax pacifica Forster, ib., p. 174 : Tahiti. 
Totanus oceanicus Lesson, Descr. Mamm. et Ois., p. 244, April, 1847 : Pacific Ocean. 
Totanus polynesice Peale, Zool. U.S. Expl. Exped., Vol. VIII., p. 237, 1848 ( cf . 2nd ed., p. 318, 1858) : Fiji. 
Heteroscelus incanus porteri Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. XXXVI., p. 82, May 25th, 1916 : Cape York, 
Queensland 
Totanus brevipes Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., Vol. VI., p. 410, Dec. 14th, 1816 : No loc. = Timor coll, 
by Mauge fide Pucheran, Rev. Mag. Zool., 1851, p. 570. 
Totanus pulverulentus Muller, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Land- en Volkenk. p. 153, 1842 : Timor. 
Totanus griseopygius Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1848, p. 39, Nov. 14th, Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
If brevipes is a distinct species, the synonymy is as above. 
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