LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Elseya Mathews, Birds Austr Vol. Til., pt 2, p. 125, May 2nd, 1913 Type (by original designation): Charadrius 
melanopa Vieillot. 
Not Elseya Grandidier, Rev. de Zoo]., p. 232, 1867. 
121. ELSEYORNIS MELANOPS. BLACK-FRONTED DOTTEREL. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 20 (pt. xix.), June 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 2, pi. 140, May 2nd, 
1913. 
Charadrius melanops Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist.Nat., Vol. XXVII., p. 139, Dec. 26th, 1818 : “ aux Terres Ans- 
trales Baudin Exp.'* = New South Wales. 
Charadrius nigrifrotis Temminck ot Laugior, Planch. Color. d'Ois., 8e livr. (Vol. I., pi. 47, fig. 1), (Vol. V., pi. 68), 
March 1821, ex Cuvier MS.: Nouvelle Hollande = New South Wales. 
Charadrius russatus Jordon, Madras Joum. Lit. Sci., Vol. XII., p. 213, Oct. 1840 : Madras, India. 
Charadrius melanops marngli Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 218, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Mamglo Creek, North-west 
Australia 
Distribution Australia generally and Tasmania. 
Family RECURVIROSTRIDE. 
CVII. Genus HIMANTOPUS. 
Himantopus Brisson, Omith., Vol. I., p. 46, Vol. V., p. 33, 1760 : Typo (by tautonymy): Himantopus = Chara¬ 
drius himantopus Linn£. 
ilacrotarsus Lacop6de, Tabl. Ois., p. 18, Dec. 1799. Species added by Daudin, in Hist. Nat. Buffon, ed. Didot. 
Quadr., Vol. XIV., p. 336 [1799=] Oct. 1802. Type (by monotypy): C. himantopus Linn6. 
Not of Link, Beytr. Nat., I. (2), pp. 51, 65, 1795. 
HypsibaUs Nitzscli, in Ersch tmd Gruber's Ency., Sect. I., Vol. XVI., p. 150, 1827. New name for Himantopus 
Bonnaterre= Brisson. 
Calobatus Lesson, Manuel d’Ora., Vol. II., p. 339, June 1828. New name for Himantopus Brisson. Type 
(by monotypy): Charadrius himantopus Linne. 
Himantellus" Rafinq. 1815 ” Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 117, Oct. 1855. In synonymy of Himantopus Brisson. 
122. HIMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS. WHITE-HEADED STILT. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 24, (pt. iv.), Sept. 1st, 1841. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 2, pi. 141, May 2nd, 
1913. 
Himantopus leucocephalus Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. n., pi. 34, April 1837 : New South Wales. 
Himantopus novcchollandice Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XLIII., p. 421, Sept. 1st, 1856. 
New name for Himantopus leucocephalus Gould. 
Himantopus seebohmi Hartert, Ratal. Vogels Mus. Senckenb., p. 220, 1891. Mid-January. New name for H . 
leucocephalus Gould. 
Hypsibatcs leucocephalus assimilis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 219, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry’s Creek, 
North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
CVIII. Genus CL A DOPJIYNCH US. 
Cladorhynehus Gray, List Genera Birds, 1st ed., p. 69, April 1840. Type (by original designation): Himantopus 
palmatus = Recurv-irostra leucocephala Vieillot. 
Recurvirostra Boie, Isis, 1826, heft X., col. 979, Oct. Type (by monotypy) : R. orientalis Cuvier = R . leucocephala 
Vieillot. 
Not of Linn6, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 151, Jan. 1st, 1758. 
Leptorhynchus Du Bus, Mag. de Zool., 1835, pi. 45 (dated Aug.). Type (by monotypy): L. pectoralis Du Bus = 
R. leucocephala Vieillot. 
Not of Guerin, Voy. Coquille, Zool., Vol. II., p. 110, 1831. 
Xiphidiorhynchus Reichenbach, Vogel Neuholl., pt. i., p. 28, 1845. Type (by monotypy) : R, leucocephala 
Vieillot. 
Timeta Gistel, Naturg. Tliierr. Schul., p. IX. (pref. Easter, 1847), 1848. New name for Leptorhynchus Du Bus, 
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