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HORN EXPEDITION—AVES. 
Sturt, Exped. Centr. Austr., Vol. IT., App. p. 47 (1889); Nortli, Nests and 
Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 292, pi. xv. (1889); Schalow, J. F. Orn., XLII. (1894). 
A. juv. sk., Bagot’s Creek. 
B. juv. sk., Bagot’s Creek. 
C. juv. sk., Bagot’s Creek. 
D. juv. sk., Bagot’s Creek. 
[Occasionally seen on the sandhills. At Bagot’s Creek, on 9th June, a brood 
of six young birds was captured, and later on other young ones and a pair of eggs 
were taken at Davenport Creek. In addition to the wild dogs, the natives wage a 
perpetual war against the Emu, which is regarded by them as an especial luxury. 
Owing to the weight of the birds, they leave tracks in the sand easily followed, 
and to this may be attributed their scarcity. They are very fond of the fruit of 
the quandong tree and other berry-bearing bushes. No trace was found of the 
Spotted Emu (Z>. irroraius) of West Australia.] 
No. 74. AUgialitls nigrifrons, Temviinck. Black-fronted Dotterel. 
Charadrius 7itgrifroHS, Temm., PI. Col. No. 47, fig 1 (1823); Seebohm, Geogr, 
Dist. Charad., p. 138. 
Hinticnla nigrifrons, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol,, Vol. VI., pi. 20 (1848); Sturt. 
Exped. Centr. Austr., Vol. II., App. p. 49 (1849). 
yEgialitis nigrifrons, liamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. IT., 2nd series, 
p. 171 (1887); North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds, p. 304, pi. xvi., fig. 4 (1889). 
A. $ ad. sk., Macumba Creek. 
B. $ ad. sk., Darwent Creek. 
C. ? ad. sk., Darwent Creek. 
D. $ ad. sk., Finke River. 
This species is freely dispersed over the inland portions of the Australian 
Continent. 
[At all watetlioles these handsome little waders were seen in pairs running 
swiftly along the water’s edge in search of aquatic insects.] 
No. 75. Himantopus leucocephalus, Gotdd. White-headed Stilt. 
Hi7nantopus leucocephalus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1837, p. 2G; id., Bds. 
Austr., fob, Vol. VI., pi. 24 (1848); Sturt, Exped. Centr. Austr., Vol. II., 
