LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Flcematopua niger Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. XIV., pt. I., p. 33G, 1826 : Australia. 
Not of Temminck as abovo 1820. 
Hcematopus fuliginosus Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xviii. (Vol. IV., pi. 8), March 1st, 1845 : Tasmania. 
Hcematopus niger austral asianus Bonaparto, Comptcs Rond us Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XLIII., p. 420, Sept. 1st, 1856 : 
New name for H. fuliginosus Gould. 
Hcematopus opthalmicus Costelnau and Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. I., p. 385, March 1877 : Gulf of 
Carpentaria, Queensland. 
Hccmatopus unicolor bernicn Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 214, Jan. 31st, 1912: Bernier Island, West 
Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
Family VANELLID/E. 
XCVI. Genus ERYTHROGONYS. 
Erythrogonys Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv., pi. 73, April 1st, 1838. Typo (by monotypy): Erythrogonys 
cinctus Gould. 
109. ERYTHROGONYS CINCTUS. RED-KNEED DOTTEREL. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 21 (pt. iii.), June 1st, 1841. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 1, pi. 128, April 2nd, 
1913. 
Erythrogonys cinctus Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv., pi. 73, April 1838: Ne\v South Wales 
Vancllus rufiventer Lesson, Echo du Monde Savant, lie Ann., No. 9, col. 207, August 1st, 1844 : New' South Wales 
(c/. Menegaux, reprint Art. d'Omith., Lesson, p. 175, 1913). 
Erythrogonys cinctus mixtus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 215, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry's Creek, North-west 
Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
XCVTI. Genus LOBIBYX. 
Lobibyx Heine und Roichenow, Nomencl. Mus. Hein., p. 334, (pref. Sept.) 1890. Type (by original designation): 
Tringa lobata Latham = Vancllus novcchollatidtce Stephens. 
LobivaneUus Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. XVIII., 1852 (? 1853). Type (by monotypy): V. novczhollandicc 
Stephens. 
Not of Strickland, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), p. 32, 1841, Oct. 
110. LOBIBYX NOVA2HOLLANDI7E. SPUR-WINGED PLOVER. 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 9 (pt. viii.), Sept. 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 1, pi. 129, April 2nd, 
1913. 
Tringa lobata Latham, Index Omith. Suppl., p. lxv., 1801, after May: New South Wales. 
Not of Linn 6 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., p. 148, Jan. 1st, 1758. 
VaneUus novaehollandiae Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. XI., pt. ii., p. 516, 1819, Aug. : New South Vales. 
Charadrius gallinaceus Waglor, Syst. Av., Charadr., sp. 50, p. (75), Oct. 1827, ex Temminck MS.: Timor errore 
= Now* South Wales, 
Lobibyx novcehollandicc gracemeri Mathews, Austral Av.Rec.,Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 126, Jan. 28th, 1915 : Gracemere, 
Queensland. 
Distribution. East Australia, Tasmania, South Australia. 
111. LOBIBYX MILES. LESSER MASKED PLOVER. 
[: Tringa miles Boddaert, Tabl. Planch. Enlum., p. 51, (pref. Dec. 1st), 1783 : Timor Laut. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VI., pi. 10 (pt. viii.), Sept. 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. III., pt. 1, pi. 130, April 2nd, 
1913. 
Lobivaixellus personatus Gould, Birds Austr., pt. viii. (Vol. VI., pi. 10), Sept. 1st, 1842 : Coburg Peninsula, Northern 
Territory. 
Lobibyx miles harterti Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 215, Jan. 31st, 1912: Inkerman, Queensland. 
Distribution. North Queensland, Northern Territory, North-west Australia. 
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