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Show 1874.] OF LITTLE-KNOWN LIMICOLJE. 459 p. 300). The eggs of this and the last-named species have the ground-colour much greener than is usual with the Fanellina. CEDICNEMUS GRALLARIUS (Lath.). The egg of this fine Thick-knee, from Western Australia, was presented to m e by Mr. Gould. Although specimens vary in colour as well as in markings, they are usually of a pale buff, thickly blotched over with umber-brown. They are always two in number, and are laid on the bare ground, during September and October. ^EGIALITIS RUFICAPILLUS, Gould. (Plate LX. fig. 8.) The egg here figured is one of four taken on Rotnest Island, Western Australia. It is to be regretted that the collector who took the trouble to identify them did not also forward with them some details of the haunts and breeding-habits of the parent birds, with an account of the time and manner of nesting. There is no reason, however, to suppose that it differs much in this respect from others of the Ringed-Plover group ; and it doubtless approximates more nearly to our Kentish Plover than to any other. -kEGiALiTis NIGRIFRONS (Cuvier). (Plate LX. fig. 9.) The egg of this pretty little Ringed Plover will probably be new to many. It was taken with others by Mr. Wilson on the river Namoi, New South Wales, towards the end of December. HlMANTOPUS LEUCOCEPHALUS, Gould. I am indebted to Mr. J. A. Harvie Brown for the eggs of this and the two following species. They were taken for him in Canterbury Settlement, N . Z.,by his friend Mr. J. R. Cook, of Blue-Cliffs Run, in that settlement, and most kindly forwarded to me. The eggs of this Stilt are scarcely distinguishable from those of the European species. HIMANTOPUS NOV^E-ZEALANDLE, Gould. (Plate LX. fig. 10.) The egg here figured is one from a nest of four, taken by Mr. J. R. Cook on the shingle of the Otaio river-bed, on the 14th October, 1872, on which day he took three nests, each containing four eggs. H e reports that they were easy to find, as the birds were bold and noisy. The nest was composed of drift-weed, and fairly well built. Mr. Cook says the local name of the bird is " Poaka," a name not mentioned by Mr. Buller (Birds of N e w Zealand, p. 205), who gives " Kaki" as the New-Zealand name. But doubtless different names are applied to the same bird in different parts of the country. The markings on these eggs have a tendency to run in streaks, instead of being in spots or blotches, as is the case with other species of the genus. ANARHYNCHUS FRONTALIS (Quoy & Gaim.). (Plate LX. fig. 11.) This last egg, for which I am indebted to Mr. J. A. Harvie Brown, is perhaps the most interesting of the whole series. Since 30* |