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Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 15*5 inches. 
[The Banded Stilt, which is locally known as the “ Rctt- 
nest Snipe,” is gregarious, migratory, and very abundant on 
Rottnest Island at certain seasons. It is local throughout 
the south-western division.— G. C. S.] 
zEgialitis cucullata Vieill. 
AEgialitis cucullata Math. p. 25. 
a. 2 imm. Margaret River, 16th Feb. 
Iris brown; eyelid orange-scarlet; bill dark brown, with 
flesh-colour at the base ; legs of a flesh-colour, joints tinged 
with pale bluish, tips of toes and claws brownish. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 9 inches. 
JEgialitis melanops (Vieill.). 
AEgialitis melanops Math. p. 25. 
a, f . Dale River, 14th Dec. 
b, c. Ad. et imm. Avon River, 13th Jan. 
d, e. $ . Clifton Downs, 24th Sept. & 11th Oct. 
Iris dark brown ; eyelid scarlet; bill pale salmon-pink at 
the base, black at the tip; legs of a deep flesh-colour, 
occasionally tinged with orange; claws black. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 6‘5-6’75 inches. 
[The Black-fronted Dotterel is fairly plentiful and fre¬ 
quented the inland waters. It is rarely it ever gregarious. 
— G. C. S.] 
HCgialitis rueicapilla Temm. 
JEgialitis 7'uficapilla Math. p. 25. 
a, b. $ . Oyster Harbour, 2nd & 3rd March. 
c, d. $ . King River, 19th Jan. & 27th Feb. 
e. <$. Near Albany, 27th Feb. 
/, g. $ . Kalgan River, 10th Feb. 
h-k. $ . Bernier Island, 7th & 8th July. 
Iris blackish-brown; bill slaty-black ; legs of a dark 
slate-colour. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 6*0 to 65 inches. 
The specimens killed on Bernier Island in July (midwinter) 
are in breeding-plumage, which seems curious. 
