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Genus GEOPSITTACUS. 



GiojisilUtais Gould, I'nic. Zonl. Soc. {Lond.) ISGl. p. 100. 



Type (by orig. dcsig.) : G. oecidciitalis Gould. 



515. Geopsittacus occidentalis. 



G,uiKitt<u-u« nixUlenlalis Goa\d, Proc. Zonl. Soc. {Liinil.) ISGl. p. 100: Western Australia. 



Nig'ht Parrot. 



MatliL'Ws, HainlU^f No. :3T4. 



Kaiige : West Australia, South Australia. 



OiiDER CORACllFORMES. 



Famii.v POn,\RliTD.\E. 

 Genus FODARGUS. 



PoilanjM Vieillot, Nouv. Dii. d'/Ilst. Nai. vol. .\xvii. p. 1.51. 1818. 



Type (by moaotypy) : P. .itrHjoides (Latham i. 



510. Podargus papuensis baileyi subsp. n. 



Large Podargus. 



Mathews, HandU»t No. 375 (pars). 



Differs from 1'. p. papuensis in being lighter al)Ove ; a-nd in having thi' white 

 spotting to tlie feathers of the under-snrfaco more marked and the bill much 

 smaller. 



Type: Cairns, Queensland, No. 12ul. 



liange ; North Queensland. 



A'o^fc'.— Birds from the Island of AVaigeau are distinctly darker than P. p. 

 papuensis ; they have the same thick heavy bill, and are the same size. They can 

 be called 



Podargus papuensis conigravi subsp. n. 



Type: Waigeau Island, No. r,'on. 



516.\. Podargus papuensis rogersi subsp. n. 



Cape York Large Podargus. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 375 (pars). 



Differs from P. p. bailci/i in ils paler ciiloratinii, and in having a thick bill, 

 but not as thick as the New Guinea bird. 

 Type: Cape York, Queensland, No. iJTTo. 

 Range : Cape Y^ork. 



•"'IT. Podargus papuensis plumiferus. 



I'lidaiyiis /il.uiiii/irKx GoaU, I'liir. Zoil. So.:. {Luiil.) 1815. p. lot: Bi-ii.ilies Cliii-eiice River, New 

 South Wales. 



Plumed Frogmoufh. 



ilathews, llaiidli.st No. 3T."> ([lars). 



Range: New jSouth \\'al('s. 



