LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
CXXXVI. Genus ORTHORHAMPHUS. 
Orthorhamphus Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, Vol. V., p. 312, 1874. Type (by monotypy): (Edicnemus 
magnirostris Vieillot. 
151. ORTHORHAMPHUS MAGNIROSTRIS. LONG-BILLED STONE PLOVER. 
[(Edicnemus magnirostris Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., Vol. XXIII., p. 231, Sept. 5th, 1818, ex Geoffroy St. 
Hilaire MS. No locality =Binongka, Celebes, in error =Timor, collected by Peron. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 6 (pt. xxi.), Dec. 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 174, Dec. 31st, 
1913. 
Esacus magnirostris neglectus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 226, Jan. 31st, 1912: Lewes Island, mid- 
West Australia. 
Esacus magnirostris melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 85, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Esacus magnirostris gucenslandicus Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. I., p. 6, Aug. 2nd, 1913 : Mackay, 
Queensland. 
Distribution. North-west Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland. 
Family OTIDIDA3. 
CXXXVII. Genus AUSTROTIS. 
Austrotis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. i., p. 12, Aug. 2nd, 1913. Type (by original designation): 
Otis australis Gray. 
152. AUSTROTIS AUSTRALIS. BUSTARD. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 4 (pt. viii.), Sept. 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 175, Dec. 31st, 
1913. 
Otis australis Gray, in Griffith’s ed. Cuvier’s Aniin. Kingd. Birds, Vol. III., p. 305, “ 1829 ” : New South 
Wales. 
Otis australasianus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 176, July 1841 : Interior of New South Wales. 
Otis novcehollandice Leichhardt, Journ. Overl. Exped. Austr., p. 260, 1847 : Error for preceding. Nomen nudum. 
Choriotis australis derby i Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 226, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Derby, North-west Australia. 
Austrotis australis melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 2, p. 51, Nov. 19th, 1915 : Melville 
Island, Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
Order PSOPHIIFORMES. 
Family BALEARICIDJ5. 
CXXXVIII. Genus MATHEWSENA. 
Mathewsena Iredale, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 5, p. 82, Sept. 24th, 1914. New name for Mathewsia Iredale. 
Type (by original designation) : Ardea rubicunda Perry. 
Mathewsia Iredale, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. XXVII., p. 47, Jan. 23rd, 1911. Type (by original designation) : 
Ardea rubicunda Perry. 
Not Matthewsia Sauley, Catal. Coleop., Vol. II., p. 745, 1868. 
153. MATHEWSENA RUBICUNDA. BROLGA. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 48 (pt. xxx.), March 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 176, Dec. 
31st, 1913. 
Ardea rubicunda Perry, Arcana, pt. 6 [pi. 22], June 1810 : Botany Bay, New South Wales. 
Grus antarctica Illiger, Abhandl. Ak. Wissen Munch., 1811-12, p. 230, 1816 : New South Wales. 
Grus australasianus Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxx. (Vol. 6, pi. 48), March 1st, 1848 : New South Wales. 
Mathewsia rubicunda argentea Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 227, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Derby, North-west 
Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
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