LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
OXIX. Genus GLOTTIS. 
Glottis Koch, Syst. baier. Zool., pp. xlii., 304, July 1816. Type (by monotypy): Glottis natans Koch = S.nebuhnc 
Gunnerus. 
Limicula Forster, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 23, December 1817 : Type (by monotypy): Limicula glottis Forster 
= Scolopax neb ularia Gunnerus. .. . , loir 
Not Limicula Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith,, p. 06 , April 14th, 1810. 
Limosa Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool.. Vol. XII., pt. i., p. 85, 1824. Type (by monotypy): Scolopax glottis 
Latham = Scolopax nebularia Gunnerus. 
Not of Brisson, Ornith., Vol. V., p. 261, 1760. 
Nea Billbere, Svnops. Faunas Scand., Vol. I., pt. n., tab. A and p. 155, 1828. Type: S. nebularia Gunnerus (of. 
Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pts. 2 and 3, p. 41, Oct. 23rd, 1913). 
134. GLOTTIS NEBULARIUS. GREENSHANK. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 36 (pt. xvi.), Sept. 1st, 1844. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 3, pi. 155, Aug. 
18th, 1913. 
Scolopax nebularia Gunnerus, in Knud Deem, Beskrivelse over Finmarken’s Lapper, p. 251 (note), 1767 : Norway, 
Europe. 
Scolopax cineracea Latham, Gen. Synops., Suppl. I., p. 292, (pref. May 1st) 17S7 : Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. 
Scolopax canescens Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt, 2. p. 668 , April 20th, 1789. Based on same as preceding, viz. 
Pennant, Brit, Zool., Vol. II., no. ISO, pi. uxvi. 
Limosa varia Dumont, Diet, Sci. Nat. (ed. Levrault), Vol. IV., p. 64, 1805 : Europe. 
Totanus griseus Bechstein, Gemein. Naturg. Deutselil., Vol. IV., p. 231, 1809 : Europe = Germany. 
Totanus fislulans Bechstein, ib ., p. 241. 
Totanus chloropus Meyer und Wolf, Taschen. deutseh Vogel, p. 371, 1810 (pref. Aug. 20th, 1809): Germany. 
Glottis natans Koch, Syst. baier. Zool., pp. xlii., 305, July 1816. New name for preceding. 
Limicula glottis Forster, Synopt. Cat, Brit. Birds, p. 23, Dec. 1817 : England. 
Totanus longipcs Brelim, Beitr. z. Vogelk., Vol. III., p. 517, 1822, pref. May : Shores of Baltic. 
Totanus glotloides Vigors, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1831, p. 173, March 2nd, 1832 : Himalayan Mountains, 
India. 
Glottis floridanus Bonaparte, Geogr. Comp. List Birds Europe and North America, p. 51, April 14th, 1838: Florida, 
North America. 
Glottis vigorsi Gray, List Sp. Birds Brit, Mus., pt. ill., sect. I., p. 99, 1844. New name for T. glottoides Vigors. 
Glottis albicollis Brelim, Isis, 1845, heft 5, col. 352, May. New name for T . glottoides Vigors. 
Glottis nivigula Gray, Cat. Mamm. and Birds Nepal, pres. Hodgson Brit. Mus., pp. 138, 156, pref. Dec. 10th, 
1846 : Nepal, India. 
Glottis linnei Malm, Gotebergs and Bohuslans Fauna, p. 278, 1877. New name for " £. glottis Linn.’* = Lath. 
Glottis nebiUarius georgi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 126, Jan. 28th, 1915: New South Wales. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
CXX. Genus RHYACOPHILUS. 
Rhyacophilus Kaup, Skizz. Entwiek-Gesch. Nat. Syst., p. 140, (pref. April) 1829. Type (by monotypy): Tringa 
glareola Linne. 
135. RHYACOPHILUS GLAREOLA. WOOD SANDPIPER. 
Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 3, pi. 156, Aug. 18th, 1913. 
Tringa glareola Linn£, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 149, Jan. 1st, 1758 : Sweden, Europe. 
Tringa gr alia torts Montagu, Suppl. Ornith. Diet., App. S., ** Sandpiper, Long-legged/' 1813 : England. New name 
for T. glareola Linn 6 . 
Totanus affinis Horsfield, Trans. Linn Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIII., pt. I., p. 191, 1821 : Java. 
Totanus sylvestris Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vdg. Deutselil., p. 638, 1831 (pref. July): Germany. 
Totanus palustris Brelim, ib., p. 639 : Germany. 
Totanus kuhlii Brehm, ib., p. 641 : Java. 
Totanus glarcoides Gray, Zool. Miacell., pt. VI., p. 86 , Juno 29th, 1844 : Nepal. Nom. nud . 
Totanus glareola vulgaris A. E. Brelim, Vera. Sainml., p. 12, 1866. Nom. nud. 
Rhyacophilus glareola picturata Mathews, Bull. Brit. Ora. Club, Vol. XXXVI., p. 82, May 25th, 191G: North-west 
Australia. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
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