Genus H / e m a t o p u s , Li/m.
I believe that there is no country in the world of any extent the shores of which are not inhabited by one or
other of the numerous species of this genus; but ¡it would seem that all those which exist in the southern
hemisphere are totally different from those of the northern.
Two species inhabit Australia, viz.
463. Hasmatopus longirostris, Vieill. . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. VI. PI. 7.
464. Hsematopus fuliginosus, Gould . ......... .......................................................... . . . Vol. VI. PI. 8.
Genus L o b iv a n e l l u s , Strickl.
Two species of this beautiful form inhabit Australia, one the northern and the other the southern parts of the
country; I believe they are both confined to this portion of the globe. Other species are found in India and
Africa.
465. Lobivanellus lobatus.................................................................................... , . . . Vol. VI. PI. 9.
466. Lobivanellus personatus, G o u l d ......................................................................................................... Vol. VI. PI. 10.
Genus S a r c io p h o r u s , Strickl.
A genus nearly allied to the last, and of which a single species inhabits Australia; like Lobivanellus, it is ah
Old W orld form..
467. Sarciophorus pectorahs . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. VI. PI. 1 1 .
Genus S q u a t a r o l a , Cue.
The single species of this genus inhabits Europe, Asia, North America and Australia.
468. Squatarola Helvetica . . . . . . Vol. VI. PL 12.
Genus Charadrius, Linn.
The Australian fauna comprises two species of this form, of which one, the Charadrius veredus, might,
perhaps, with propriety be separated into a distinct genus, or placed in that of Eudromias.
469. Charadrius xanthocheilus, W a g l . ........................................................................................................Vol. VI. PI. 13.
470. Charadrius veredus, Gould . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. VI. PI. 14.
Genus E udromias, Boie.
Of this genus of upland Plovers two species at least are known, viz. the E. morinellus of Europe and the
E. Australis of Australia.
471. Eudromias Australis, Gould . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. VI. PI. 15.
This bird inhabits the low hills and plains of the interior, a kind of habitat precisely similar to that of its
European prototype.
Since my account of this species was written some additional information has been acquired respecting it.
“ This singular bird,” says Captain Sturt, in the Appendix to his Account of his recent expedition into the
interior of South Australia, “ made its appearance in 1841 suddenly on the plains of Adelaide, seeming to have
come from the north. It occupied the sand-hills at the edge of the Mangrove swamps and fed round the puddles
of water on the plains. This bird afforded my friend, Mr. Torrens, an abundant harvest, as it was numerous
round his house; but although some few have visited South Australia every subsequent year, they have never
•appeared in such numbers as on the first occasion. I t runs very fast along the ground. Mr. Browne and I met
or rather crossed several flights of these birds in August of 1845, going south. They were on the large open
plains and were very wild.”
Genus H ia t ic u l a , G. R . Gray.
Five species of this genus inhabit Australia, and others occur in New Zealand, the Indian Islands, India,
Europe, Africa and America, consequently few genera have their members more widely dispersed. Almost all the
species found in Australia are peculiar to the country, and are more numerous on the southern than they are on the
northern parts of that continent; shingly beaches and low flat shores are their principal places of resort.
472. Hia ticu lab ic in c ta ................................................................... . .. . . . Vol. VI. PI. 16.
473. Hiaticula ruficapilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. VI. PI. 17.
474. Hiaticula m onacha ........................................................................................... . . . Vol. VI. PI. 18.
475. Hiaticula inornata, Gould . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. VI. PI. 19.
476. Hiaticula nigrifrons . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. VI. PI. 20.
Genus E r y t h r o g o n y s , Gould.
Generic characters.
Bill longer than the head, straight, rather depressed; nostrils basal, linear; wings long and powerful, the first
feather the longest; tertiaries nearly as long as the primaries; tail short and nearly square; legs lo n g ; toes four
in number, slender, the hind-toe extremely diminutive and free; the- outer toe united to the middle one nearly to
the first jo in t; thighs naked above the knee.
The single species of this genus appears to be strictly Australian, for I have never seen examples from any
other country.
477. Erythrogonys dnctus, Gould . . . . . . . . . Vol. VI. PI. 21.
In structure, actions and economy this elegantly formed bird is very nearly allied to the Hiaticulce on the one
hand, and the Schcenicli on the other.
Genus G l a r e o l a , Briss.
. I have for many years questioned the propriety of placing the Pratincoles in the same group with the Plovers,
or even in the same order, believing them as I do to be a terrestrial form of the Fissirostral birds. Linneeus
placed them near the Swallows, and I think he was right in so doing; and Mr. Blyth, one of the most philosophical
of ornithologists, entertains, I believe, the same opinion; but as nearly all other writers have placed them
with the Charadriada, I have adopted their view of the subject, and have accordingly retained them in that group.
Species of this genus inhabit India, the Indian Islands, Europe and Africa.
478. Glareola grallaria, Temrn.............................................................................................................................Vol. VI. PI. 22.
479. Glareola Orientalis, L e a c h ...................................................................................................................Vol. VI. PI. 23.