| 478. Glareola grallaria, Temm. | Vol. VI. Pl. 22. |
| 479. Glareola Orientalis, Leach | Vol. VI. Pl. 23. |
Family SCOLOPACIDÆ, Vig.
Genus Himantopus., Briss.
Europe, India and Africa are inhabited by one, North America by a second, South America by a third and perhaps a fourth, New Zealand by a fifth, and Australia by a sixth species of this elegant but singular genus; the Australian bird, which is more abundant in the southern than in the northern parts of the country, is perhaps the finest and most ornamental of the whole.
| 480. Himantopus leucocephalus, Gould | Vol. VI. Pl. 24. |
| 481. Himantopus Novæ-Zealandiæ | Vol. VI. Pl. 25. |
Genus Chladorhynchus, G. R. Gray.
The only known species of this form is peculiar to Australia.
| 482. Chladorhynchus pectoralis | Vol. VI. Pl. 26. |
Observed in great numbers by Captain Sturt, during his journey into the interior, in the Appendix to which he says,—“This singular bird, with legs so admirably adapted by their length for wading into the shallow lakes and sheets of water, near which it is found, was seen in large flocks. It was very abundant on Lepson’s Lake to the northward of Cooper’s Creek; and on Strzelecki’s Creek it was sitting on the water with other wild fowl making a singular plaintive whistle.”