LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
126. PHASOPUS PH/EOPUS. WHIMBREL. 
[Scolopax phceopus Linn6, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 146, Jan. 1st, 1768 : Europe. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 43 (pt. xxxi.), June 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 2, pi. 145, May 2nd, 
1913. 
Tantalu * variegatus Seopoli, Del. Flor. Faun. Insub., fasc. II., p. 92, 1786, based on Sonnorat, p. 86, pi. 48: 
Luzon, Philippines. 
Scolopax luzonicnsis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. II., p. 656, April 20th, 1789. Same basis as preceding. 
Numcnius atricapillus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., Vol. VIII., p. 303, March 15th, 1817. New name for 
preceding. 
Numcnius uropygialis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (I.ond.) 1840, p. 175, July 1841 : South coast of Australia. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
CXli. Genus MESOSCOLOPAX. 
Mesoscolopax Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV., pp. 338, 371 (pref. dated July 10th), 1896. Typo (by 
raonotypy): Numcnius minutus Gould. 
127. MESOSCOLOPAX MINUTUS. LITTLE WHIMBREL. 
Gould, Vol. VL, pi. 44 (pt. xxxi.), June 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 2, pi. 146, May 
2nd, 1913. 
Numeniu -* minutus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Loud.), 1840, p. 176, July 1841 : New South Wales. 
Numcnius minor Muller, Verh. Nat. Oescli. Land- en Volkenk., p. 110, 1841 : Amboina. 
Not of Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 58, 1817. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
CXIII. Genus LIMOSA . 
Limosa Brisson, Omitli., Vol. I., p. 48, Vol. V., p. 261. 1760. Type (by tautonymy): Limosa = Scolopax limosa 
Linnd. 
Limicula Vieillot, Anal. nouv. Om., p. 56, April 14th, 1816. Tj'pe (by monotypy) : " Barge Buffon” =* 
Scolopax limosa Linn6. 
Gambctta Koch, Syst. baior. Zool., pp. xun., 307, July 1816. Type (by monotypy): S. limosa Linn6. 
Fedoa Stephens, in Shaw's Gen. Zool., Vol. XII., pt. I., p. 70, 1824. Type (by tautonymy): Scolopax fedoa Linne. 
Not of Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, pp. 20, 56, 1817. 
Actitcs Billberg, Synops. Fauna? Seand., Vol. I., pi. 2, Tab. A. and p. 153, 1828. Type : Scolopax limosa Linnd. 
c/. Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pts. II. and hi., p. 41, Oct. 23rd, 1913. 
Not of Illiger, Prodr. Mamm. and Av., p. 263, 1811. 
128. LIMOSA LIMOSA. BLACK-TAILED GOD WIT. 
[Scolopax limosa Linn5, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 147, Jan. 1st, 1758 : Europe. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI.. pi. 28 (pt. xxxiv.), Sept. 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 2, pi. 147, 
May 2nd, 1913. 
Limosa melanuroides Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxxiv. (Vol. VI., pi. 28), Sept. 1st, 1846 : Port Essington, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
CXIV. Genus VETOLA. 
Vetola Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. III., pt. 2, p. 191, May 2nd. 1913. Type (by original designation): Scolopax 
lapponica Linne 
129. VETOLA LAPPONICA. BARRED-RUMPED GODWIT. 
[Scopolax lapponica Linn6, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 147, Jan. 1st, 175S : Sweden, Europe. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 29 (pt. xxxiii.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 2, pi. 148, May 
2nd, 1913. 
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