Sandpiper bird species illustrations for an unpublished book on Australian birds, 1937 [picture] /

• Main Author: Medland, Lilian M. (Lilian Marguerite), 1880-1955.
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1937. 1937
• Subjects: Birds > Australia > Pictorial works; Charadriiformes > Australia > Pictorial works; Actitis hypoleucos; Calidris alba; Common Sandpiper; Crocethia alba; Limicola falcinellus; Sanderling
• Online Access: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn6183940

Title devised by cataloguer from inscriptions and identification by researcher.; Part of collection: Watercolours for plates for an unpublished book on Australian birds by Gregory M. Mathews.; Inscriptions: "Lilian Medland"--In ink lower right; "Plate D1, Rec. Nov 23 1937, 2/5 nat size"--In ink on verso.; Condition: Yellowing.; Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn6183940. Paintings on card covered by transparent paper with traced and numbered outline of each bird. 1. Pisobia ruficollis (winter) (Current names: Calidris ruficollis, Red-necked Stint) - 2. Pisobia subminuta (winter) (Current names: Calidris subminuta, Long-toed Stint) - 3. Actitis hypoleucus (winter) (Current names: Actitis hypoleucos, Common Sandpiper) - 4. Limicola falcinellus (winter) (Current names: Limicola falcinellus, Broad-billed Sandpiper) - 5. Crocethia alba (winter) (Current names: Calidris alba, Sanderling) - 6. Erolia testacea (winter) (Current names: Calidris ferruginea, Curlew Sandpiper) - 7. Erolia testacea (summer) (Current names: Calidris ferruginea, Curlew Sandpiper) - 8. Xenus cinerea (winter) (Current names: Xenus cinereus, Terek Sandpiper) - 9. Limnocinclus acuminatus (rufescens) (Current names: Calidris acuminata, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper) - 10. Limnocinclus acuminatus (winter) (Current names: Calidris acuminata, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper) - 11. Rhyacophilus glareola (winter) (Current names: Tringa glareola, Wood Sandpiper) - 12. Hiornis stagnatilis (winter) (Current names: Tringa stagnatilis, Marsh Sandpiper) - 13. Limnocinclus acuminatus (summer?) (Current names: Calidris acuminata, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper) - 14. Heteroscelus brevipes (Current names: Tringa brevipes, Grey-tailed Tattler) - 15. Heteroscelus incanus (Current names: Tringa incana, Wandering Tattler). Identification key on verso.