LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
145. ROSTRATULA AUSTRALIS. PAINTED SNIPE. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 41 (pt. ix.), Dec. 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 168, Dec. 
31st, 1913. 
RhyncJusa australis Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv., App., p. 6, April 1st, 1838 : New South Wales. 
Rostratula australis fitzroyi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 85, Sept. 18th, 1912: Parry’s Creek,. 
North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
Family JACANID2E. 
CXXXI. Genus IREDIPARRA. 
Irediparra Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVTII., p. 7, June 17th, 1911. Type (by original designation): Parra 
gallinacea Temminck et Laugier. 
146. IREDIPARRA GALLINACEA. LOTUS BIRD. 
[Parra gallinacea Temminck et Laugier, Planch. Color. d’Ois., 78e livr. (Vol. IV., pi. 464), July, 1828 : Celebes. 
Extra-limital.] v 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 75 (pt. X.), March 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 169, Dec. 31st, 
1913. 
Hydralector novsehollandiae Salvadori, Ornith. Papua, e Mol., Vol. III., p. 309, (pref. Dec.) 1882 : New South 
Wales. 
Irediparra gallinacea rothschildi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 224, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry’s Creek,. 
North-west Australia. 
Irediparra gallinacea melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I.,pt. 3, p. 73, June 28th, 1912 : Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, North-west Australia. 
Family GLAREOLIDiE. 
CXXXII. Genus STILT I A. 
Stiltia Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. Ill, Oct. 1855, ex Bonaparte MS. Type (by original designation): 
Glareola isahella Vieillot. 
Rhimphalea Heine und Reichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein., p. 338, (pref. Sept.) 1890. New name for Stiltia Gray. 
147. STILTIA ISABELLA. PRATINCOLE. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 22 (pt. xxiii.), June 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 170, Dec. 
31st, 1913. 
Glareola Isabella Viellot, Analyse nouv. Ornith., p. 69, April 14th, 1816 : Australia. 
Glareola grallaria Temminck, Manuel d’Orn., 2e ed., Vol. II., p. 503, Oct. 21st, 1820 : South Asia. 
Glareola australis Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIII., pt. i., p. 132, 1821 : Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
CXXXIII. Genus GLAREOLA. 
Glareola Brisson, Ornith., Vol. I., p. 48, Vol. V., p. 141, 1760. Type (by tautonymy) : Glareola = Hirundo 
pratincola Linne. 
Trachelia Scopoli, Annus I., Hist. Nat., p. 110, 1769. Type (by monotypy) : Hirundo pratincola Linne. 
Pratincola Forster, Fauna Indica, p. 11 (pref. June 20), 1795. Type (by monotypy) : Glareola ( Pratincola ) maldi- 
varurn Forster. 
Pratincola Schrank, Fauna Boica, Vol. I., p. 209 (pref. July 20fch, 1797), 1798. Type (by tautonymy) : Pratincola 
glareola— Hirundo pratincola Linne. 
Dromochelidon Landbeck, Jahresh. Ver. Nat. Wiirttemb., 1847, p. 228, after March. Type (by monotypy) : 
Dromochelidon natrophila Landbeck = Hirundo pratincola Linne. 
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