Indistinct mottled plumage; upper brown and buff; throat lighter; abdomen white; slender bill dark-brown; legs long, slender; no hind toe; f., sim. Insects, worms. 4 19 =86 Red-capped Dottrel=, Red-necked Plover, Sandlark, _Ægialitis ruficapilla_, China to A., T., N.Z. [~83-89 _Genus Charadrius._] Stat. c. _shores_ 6 Crown, hind-neck rust-red; upper, wings pale-brown; wing-quills blackish-brown; centre tail dark-brown, rest white; under, forehead white; f., duller. Shellfish. =87* Black-fronted Dottrel=, _Æ. melanops_, A. [~83-89 _Genus Charadrius._] Stat. r. _rivers_, _pools_, _lakes_ 6 Forehead, broad band on chest black; throat, abdomen, stripe over eye, round hind-neck white; eyelash bright-red; "active, elegant bird;" f., sim. Insects, worms. [Page 45] [Illustration: [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93]] =88 Hooded Dottrel=, _Æ. cucullata_, A., T. [~83-89 _Genus Charadrius._] Stat. c. _shore_ 8.3 Head, throat, upper-back black; hind-neck, under white; lower-back light brownish-gray; middle tail feathers black, rest tipped white; scarlet ring round eye; f., crown mottled black, white. Sand-hoppers, worms. 1 1 =89 Australian Dottrel=, _Peltohyas australis_, A. =vt. Eur. Common Dottrel. [~83-89 _Genus Charadrius._] Mig. v.r. _plains (interior)_ 8 Upper sandy-buff mottled with dark-brown; black band across top of head from eye to eye; black collar on hind-neck continued as a narrow V across chest; forehead, throat white; m., duller. Insects. 1 7 =90 White-headed Stilt= (Pied), Longshanks, Stilt-bird, Long-legged Plover, _Himantopus leucocephalus_, Great Sunda Is., Mol., N.G., A. =vt. Eur. Stilt. [~90 _Hypsibates_] Nom. r. _swamps_, _lakes_ 15 White; hind-neck, back, wings black; long legs pink; f., smaller. Insects, pond-snails. 1 1 =91 Banded Stilt=, Rottnest Snipe (e), _Cladorhynchus leucocephalus_, A. Nom. v.r. _shallow lakes_ 13.5 White; broad chestnut band on breast; wings, centre of abdomen black; long bill black. Plaintive whistle. 1 4 =92 Red-necked Avocet=, Cobbler, Cobbler's Awl, Painted Lady, Scooper, _Recurvirostra novae-hollandiae_, A., T., N.Z. =vt. cos. bird. Nom. r. _lakes_, _tidal bays_ 15.5 White; head, neck chestnut; wings black; f., sim. Shellfish, insects. 2 9 =93 Australian Curlew=, Sea-Curlew, _Numenius cyanopus_, E. Sib., Japan to A. =vt. Eur. Common Curlew. Mig. c. _tidal shores_ m., 21; f., 24 Arched bill 7in.; mottled brown; f., larger. Crabs, worms. [Page 46] [Illustration: [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99]] =94 Oriental Whimbrel= (Australian), Jack-Curlew, Mayfowl, _N. variegatus_, E. Sib., Japan to A., T. =vt. Eur. Whimbrel. Mig. r. _river_, _swamp_ 15