LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
CXXVII. Genus PLATYRHAMPHUS. 
Platyrhamphus Billberg, Synops. Fauna? Scand., Vol. I., pt. II., Aves, tab. A and p. 172, 1828. Typo (by mono- 
typy): Niimenius puaillus Bcchatoin =Scolopax falcinellua Brunnich, c/. Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pts. 2 
and 3, p. 41, Oct. 23rd, 1913. 
Limicola Koch, Syst. baior. Zool., p. 31G, July 1816. Type (by monotypy) : Limicola pygmcca=Scolopax 
falcinellua Brunnich. 
Not LimicuLa Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Omith., p. 66, April 1816. 
Falcinellua Kaup, Skizz. Entwick-Gesch. Nat-. Syst., p. 37, prof. April 1829. Type (by monotypy): Tringa platy - 
rhyncha Temminck=S. falcinellua Brunnich. 
Not of Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith., p. 47. 1816. 
142. PLATYRHAMPHUS FALCINELLUS. BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER. 
[Scolopax falcinellua Brunnich, Ornith. Boreal, p. 49, (pref. Fob. 20) 1764 : “ Siselandia,” Europe. Extra- 
limital.] 
Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 3, pi. 165, Aug. 18th, 1913. 
Limicola siblrlca Dresser, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1876, p. 674, Oct. 1st: China. 
Limicola falcinellua rogerai Mathews, Austral Av. Rea., Vol. III., pt. 4, p. 70, July 21st, 1917 : Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Northern Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
CXXVIII. Genus SUBSPILURA. 
Subspilura Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. III., pt. 4, pp. 295, 300, Deo. 31st, 1913. (Type by original designation) : 
Gallinago megala Swinhoo. 
143. SUBSPILURA MEGALA. PIN-TAILED SNIPE. 
Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 167, Dec. 31st, 1913. 
Gallinago megala Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 343, Oct.: Pekin, China. 
Gallinago helerocerca Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1870 (June No.), p. 235 : Luzon. 
Gallinago australis aweni Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVTII., p. 223, Jan. 31st, 1912: Parry’s Creek, North-west 
Australia. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Northern Australia, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
CXXIX. Genus BIT ELM ATI AS. 
Ditelmatias Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. III., pt. 4, p. 282, Dec. 31st, 1913. Type (by original designation): 
Gallinago hardwickii Gray. 
144. DITELMATIAS HARDWICKII. SNIPE. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 40 (pt. xxxii.), Sept. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 166, Dec. 31st, 
1913. 
Scolopax austr alia Latham, Index Omith. Suppl., p. lxv., 1801, after May : New South Wales. 
Not of Scopoli. Annus I., Hist. Nat., p. 94, 1769. 
Scolopax hardwickii Gray, Zool. Miscell., pt. i., p. 16, Nov. 5th, 1831 : Tasmania. 
Distribution. Winter visitor to Australia and Tasmania, breeding in the northern hemisphere. 
Family ROSTRATULIDiE. 
CXXX. Genus ROSTRATULA . 
Rostratula Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Omith., p. 56, April 14th, 1816. Type (by monotypy): Btcassine de Mada¬ 
gascar Buffon =Scolopax capensis Linne. 
Rhynchcea Cuvier, Regne Anim., Vol. I., p. 487, Dec 7th, 1816. Type (by monotypy): Scolopax capensis Linne. 
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