Official Checklist of the Birds of Australia. 2Q 
Family BURHINID/E : STONE-CURLEWS. 
G. BURHINUS Illiger, Pro. Mam. et Av., 250, 1811 ; mon., C. magnirostris. 
174 BURHINUS MAGNIROSTRIS.—SOUTHERN STONE-CURLEW (171). 
G. 6 , ,5 ; H. 496 ; M. 173 ; A., T. (twice). 
Charadrius magnirostris La., Ind. Orn., Sup., 66 , 1801 ; Wat. 251; N.S.W. 
a C. grollarius La., ib.; Watting drawing No. 246 ; N.S.W. 
b C. frcenalus Latham, ib., 67 ; Walling drawing, No. 252 ; N.S.W. 
c (Edicnetnus longipes Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., 23, 232, 1818; N.S.W. 
d C . giganteus Wagler, Isis, 6 , 648, 1829 ; N.S.W. 
e (E. major Brohm, Isis, 5, 357, 1845; N.S.W. 
f B. mag. rufescens M., Nov. Zool., 18, 225, 1912 ; N.W.A., Parry’s Creek, 
g B. mag. ramsayi M., ib. ; N.Q., Mackay. 
h B. mag. broomei M., ib ., 226; S.W.A., Broome Hill. 
G. ORTHORHAMPHUS Salvadori, Ann. Mu. Gen., 5 , 312, 1874; mon., (E. 
, _ [magnirostris. 
175 ORTHORHAMPHUS MAGNIROSTRIS.—BEACH STONE-CURLEW (172). 
G.6,6; II. 497 ; M. 174 ; Andaman Is., Mai., Bor.-N.G., N.A. (Shark B - 
[Moreton B.), N. Cal. 
(Edicnemus magnirostris Vieillot, Nouv. Diet., 23, 231, 1818 ; Timor. 
a Esacus m. neglectus M., Nov. Zool., 18. 226, 1912 ; Mid-W.A., Lewis 1. 
b E. m. melvillensis M., A.A.U., 1, 85, 1912 ; N.T., Melville I. 
c E. m. gueenslandicus M., ib., 2, 6 , 1913 ; N.Q., Mackay. 
Famly OTIDIDiE: BUSTARDS. 
G. hlJPODOTIS Lesson, Revue Zool., 47, 1839 ; s.d., = Otis senegalensis. 
Choriotis Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, 109, 1855; o.d., O. arabs L. 
Austrotis M., A.A.R., 2, 12, 1913 ; o.d., O. australis Gray. 
176 EUP0D0TIS ( AUSTROTIS) AUSTRALIS.—AUSTRALIAN BUSTARD 
(PLAIN TURKEY) (173). 
G. 6 , 4 ; H. 495 ; M. 175 ; A. [N.S.W. 
Otis australis “ Gray,” Griffiths & Pidgeon, An. King., Cuvier, 8 , 305, 1829 ; 
a O. australasianus G., P.Z.S. 1840, 176 ; N.S.W., interior, 
b Choriotis australis derbyi M., Nov. Zool., 18, 226, 1912 ; N.W.A., Derby, 
c A. australis melvillensis M., A.A.R., 3, 51, 1915 ; N.T., Melville I. 
Order MEGALORNITHIFOEMES : CRANE-LIKE BIRDS. 
Family MEGALORNITHID^E : CRANES. 
G. MEGALORNIS Gray, List Gen. Birds, 85, 1841 ; o.d., Ardea grus L. 
Antigone (not Gray 1847) Reichenbach, Nat. Sys. Vog., 23, 1852 ; o.d.,= A. 
Malhewsia Iredale, Bull. B.O.C., 27, 47, 1911 ; o.d., A. rubicunda. [collaris. 
Not Matthewsia Saulcy, Catal. Coleop., 2, 745, 1868. 
Mathewsena Iredale, A.A.R., 2, 82, 1914 ; new name for Malhewsia. 
177 MEGALORNIS (MA THE WSI A ) RUBICUNDUS. — BR0LGA (NATIVE 
COMPANION) (174). 
G. 6 , 48 ; H. 543 ; M. 176 ; A. exc. W.A., S. of Ashburton River. 
Ardea rubicunda Perry, Arcana, pt. 6 , 22, 1810 ; N.S.W., Botany Bay. 
a Grus antarcticus Illiger, Abhand. Ak. Wis. Mun., 1811/2, 230, 1816 ; N.S.W. 
b G. australasianus G., B. of A., 6, 48, 1848 ; N.S.W. 
c Malhewsia r. argentea M., Nov. Zool., 18, 227, 1912 ; N.W.A., Derby. 
