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CHAKADRIADiE. 
A fine set of these eggs, obtained by Mr. W. A. Maokay in 1878, 
on the One Tree Plain near Deniliquin, measure (A) 1'47 x 1'05 
inch ; (B) 1-45 x 1 03 inch. 
Uab. New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 
Australia. (Ramsay.) 
Genus iEGIALITIS, Boic. 
JEGIALITIS MONACIIUS, Geoffroy. 
Hooded Dotterel. 
Gould , Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 508, p. 231. 
Por the eggs of this bird, I am indebted to Mr. W. Gordon, 
who procured them during his residence on King Island, Bass’s 
Straits, while superintending the erection of the lighthouse at that 
place during 1878-9. The eggs, two in number for a sitting were 
simply deposited in a slight hollow on the beach, and resembled 
very closely their surroundings ; they are of a light stone colour, 
sprinkled all over with irregular shaped brownish-black spots, 
which in some places become con fluent, together with superimposed 
markings of a lighter colour appearing as if beneath the surface of 
the shell. Length (A) 137 x LOG inch ; (B) 1-38 x 1 04 inch. 
This species breeds during the months of September, October, 
and November. 
Hah. Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 
Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, 
Tasmania, West and South-West Australia. (Ramsay ) 
JEGTALITIS NIGRIFRONS, Cuvier. 
Black-fronted Dotterel. 
Gould, Ilandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 509, p. 232. 
“ This species is found dispersed over the whole of the eastern 
and southern portions of Australia, even venturing far inland. I 
