LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
CXXVII. Genus PLATYRHAMPHUS. 
Platyrhamphus Billberg, Synops. Faun* Scand., Vol. I., pt. II., Aves, tab. A and p. 172, l 828 - Type (by mono- 
typy): Numenius pusillus Bechstem.= Scolopax falcinellus Brunnich, c/. Austral Av. Kec., Vol. 11., pts. Z 
and 3, p. 41, Oct. 23rd, 1913. 
Limicola Koch, Syst. baier. Zool., p. 316, July 1816. Type (by monotypy) : Limicola pygmcea= Scolopax 
falcinellus Brunnich. 
Not Limicula Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith., p. 56, April 1816. 
Falcinellus Kaup, Skizz. Entwick-Gesch. Nat. Syst., p. 37, pref. April 1829. Type (by monotypy) : Tringa platy- 
rhyncha Temminck=S'. falcinellus Brunnich. 
Not of Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith., p. 47. 1816. 
142. PLATYRHAMPHUS FALCINELLUS. BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER. 
[Scolopax falcinellus Brunnich, Ornith. Boreal, p. 49, (pref. Feb. 20) 1764 : “ Siselandia,” Europe. Extra- 
limital.] 
Mathews, Yol. III., pt. 3, pi. 165, Aug. 18th, 1913. 
Limicola sibirica Dresser, Proe. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1876, p. 674, Oct. 1st : China. 
Limicola falcinellus rogersi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 4, p. 70, July 21st, 1917 : Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Northern Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
CXXVIII. Genus STJBSP1LURA. 
Subspilura Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. III., pt. 4, pp. 295, 300, Dec. 31st, 1913. (Type by original designation) : 
Gallinago meg ala Swinhoe. 
143. SUBSPILURA MEGALA. PIN-TAILED SNIPE. 
Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 167, Dec. 31st, 1913. 
Gallinago megala Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 343, Oct. : Pekin, China. 
Gallinago heterocerca Cabanis, Journ. fur Orn., 1870 (June No.), p. 235 : Luzon. 
Gallinago australis oweni Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 223, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry’s Creek, North-west 
Australia. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Northern Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
CXXIX. Genus DITELMATIAS. 
Ditelmatias Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. III., pt. 4, p. 282, Dec. 31st, 1913. Type (by original designation): 
Gallinago hardwickii Gray. 
144. DITELMATIAS HARDWICKII. SNIPE. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 40 (pt. xxxii.), Sept. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 166, Dec. 31st, 
1913. \\ 
Scolopax australis Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. lxv., 1801, after May : New South Wales. 
Not of Scopoli. Annus i.. Hist. Nat., p. 94, 1769. 
Scolopax hardwickii Gray, Zool. Miscell., pt. i., p. 16, Nov. 5th, 1831 : Tasmania. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia and Tasmania, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
Family ROSTRATULIDiE. 
CXXX. Genus ROSTRATULA . 
Rostratula Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith., p. 56, April 14th, 1816. Type (by monotypy) : Becassine de Mada- 
gascar Buffon = Scolopax capensis Linne. 
Rhynchcea Cuvier, Regne Anim., Vol. I., p. 487, Dec 7th, 1816. Type (by monotypy) : Scolopax capensis Linne. 
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