Mathews, Gregory Macalister (1876–1949) Australian ornithologist.

Named family:

Burhinidae 1912 = Stone-Curlews and Thick-knees

Named genera:

Ireidiparra 1911 = Comb-crested Jacana Ireidiparra gallinacea

Chubbia 1913 = Andean Gallinago jamesoni, Imperial G. imperialis & Fuegian G. stricklandii Snipes

Pernettya 1913 – Charadrius

Elseyornis 1914 = Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops

Marianornis 1917 = Turnix Buttonquails

Named subspecies:

B. magnirostris broomei 1912 = Bush Thick-knee Burhinus grallaria

B. magnirostris rufescens 1912 = Bush Thick-knee Burhinus grallaria

B. magnirostris ramsayi 1912 = Bush Thick-knee Burhinus grallaria

Burhinus neglectus neglectus 1912 = Beach Thick-knee Esacus magnirostris

Esacus m. melvillensis 1912 = Beach Thick-knee Esacus magnirostris

T. castanota melvillensis 1912 = Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Turnix castanotus

T. castanota alligator 1912 = Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Turnix castanotus

T. castanota magnifica 1912 = Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Turnix castanotus

C. a. whitlocki 1912 = Inland Dotterel Charadrius australis

I. g. rothschildi 1912 = Comb-crested Jacana Ireidiparra gallinacea

Esacus m. queenslandicus 1913 = Beach Thick-knee Esacus magnirostris

Canutus canutus rogersi 1913 = Red Knot Calidris canutus rogersi

T. p. berneyii 1916 = Red-chested Buttonquail Turnix pyrrhothorax

T. t. britannica 1935 = Common Redshank Tringa totanus totanus

Charadrius cucullatus tregellasi 1912 = Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus