LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
145. ROSTRATULA AUSTRALIS. PAINTED SNIPE. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 41 (pt. ix.), Dec. 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 168, Dec. 
31st, 1913. 
Rhynchcea australis Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv., App., p. 6, April 1st, 1838 : New South Wales. 
Rostratula australis fitzroyi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 85, Sept. 18th, 1912: Parry s Creek, 
North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
Family JACANIDiE. 
CXXXI. Genus IREDIPARRA. 
Irediparra Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 7, June 17th, 1911. Type (by original designation): Parra 
gallinacea Temminck et Laugier. 
146. IREDIPARRA GALLINACEA. LOTUS BIRD. 
[Parra gallinacea Temminck et Laugier, Planch. Color. d'Ois., 78e livr. (Vol. IV., pi. 464), July, 1828 : Celebes. 
Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 75 (pt. X.), March 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 169, Dec, 31st, 
1913. 
Hydralector novaehollandias Salvadori, Omith. Papua, e Mol., Vol. III., p. 309, (pref. Dec.) 1882: New South 
Wales. 
Irediparra gallinacea rothschildi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 224, Jan. 31st, 1912; Parry’s Creek, 
North-west Australia. 
Irediparra gallinacea melmllensis Mathews, Austral Av. Bee., Vol. I.,pt. 3, p. 73, June 28th, 1912 : Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, North-west Australia. 
Family GLAREOLIDiE. 
CXXXII. Genus STILT I A. 
Stiltia Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. Ill, Oct. 1855, ex Bonaparte MS. Type (by original designation): 
Glareola isabella Vieillot. 
Rhimphalea Heine und Reiehenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein., p. 338, (pref. Sept.) 1890. New name for Stiltia Gray. 
147. STILTIA ISABELLA. PRATINCOLE. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 22 (pt. xxiii.), June 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 4, pi. 170, Dec. 
31st, 1913. 
Glareola isabella Viellot, Analyse nouv. Ornith., p. 69, April 14th, 1816 : Australia. 
Glareola grallaria Temminck, Manuel d'Om., 2e ed., Vol. II., p. 503, Oct. 21st, 1820 : South Asia. 
Glareola australis Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIII., pt. i., p. 132, 1821 : Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
CXXXIII. Genus GLAREOLA. 
Glareola Brisson, Ornith., Vol. I., p. 48, Vol. V., p. 141, 1760. Type (by tautonymy): Glareola = Hirundo 
pratincola Linnd. 
Trachelia Scopoli, Annus I., Hist. Nat., p. 110, 1769. Type (by monotypy): Hirundo pratincola Linn6. 
Pratincola Forster, Fauna Indica, p. 11 (pref. June 20), 1795. Type (by monotypy): Glareola ( Pratincola ) maldi - 
varum Forster. 
Pratincola Schrank, Fauna Boica, Vol. I., p. 209 (pref. July 20ch, 1797), 1798. Type (by tautonymy): Pratincola 
gl areola=Hirundo pratincola Linne. 
Dromochelidon Landbeck, Jahresh. Ver. Nat. Wiirttemb., 1847, p. 228, after March. Type (by monotypy): 
Dromochelidon natropliila Landbeck = Hirundo pratincola Linne. 
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