Mr. E. P. Ramsay on Birds breeding near Sydney. 445 
No. 29, Numenius, about the size of N, longirostris, but with 
shorter bill, smaller than N. major or N. arcuatus. It is not 
stated, however, whether this species has a white or a barred rump. 
If the latter, it would then be the N. australis , Gould, which is 
common in North China and A moorland, and which we should 
expect to find in Japan en route to Australia. The Numenius 
tahitiensis with the barred rump, allied to N. phceopus, procured 
from Hakodadi, and noted in Perry's ‘Expedition/ vol. ii.p.228, 
is very probably the same as the N. uropygialis, Gould, of Aus¬ 
tralia, which occurs throughout the Indian Archipelago, the 
Philippines, and Formosa. In the latter island, as I have reason 
to believe, it breeds. 
The two remaining birds of Cassin's list are also new to the 
Hakodadi locality— Limosa lapponica } L., and Hcematopus ostra- 
legus , L. The latter bird is well known from Amoorland and 
China; but the record of the former is certainly interesting, if 
really correct. The long-legged Limosa melanura , L., occurs 
plentifully in India, and its range has been traced across Eastern 
Asia into Australia; but the short-legged form is not noted as 
an Indian bird. In China we get only the closely allied L. uro¬ 
pygialis of Australia, which is always to be distinguished by its 
barred instead of white rump. I suspect, therefore, on closer 
examination it will be found that the Hakodadi specimens are 
of the Australian species, which probably, with the Curlew and 
Snipe, breed in Mantchurian latitudes, and, returning to winter 
in Australia, touch at the Japanese shores. 
XXXVI.— Notes on Birds breeding in the Neighbourhood of 
Sydney. By E. P. Ramsay, Esq., of Dobroyde. 
[Continued from p. 180.] 
4. The Rock- Warbler ( Origma rubricata , Gould, B. Austr. 
iii. pi. 69). 
This bird may always be found in the neighbourhood of gul¬ 
lies and ravines, especially where there is running water. It 
seems to give preference to the rocky side of steep gullies, where 
it may be seen running over the rocks uttering its shrill cry, 
entering into the crevices under the low shelving rocks, and 
