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I believe that I shall be consulting the convenience of Orni- 

 thologists, by making separate lists of the Australian and New 

 Guinea Birds. Accordingly, this part will be limited to the 

 Bii-ds of Australia, including amongst them all those which were 

 collected on the islands of, and in Torres Straits. 



1. Haliastur leucosternus, Gould. 



One male, Brook Island. Seen occasionally in Torres Straits, 

 also at New Guinea. 



2. — Leucospiza nov^e hollandi;e, Gmelin. 



One female, Cape York. A very fine specimen, and the only 

 one seen. 



3. — Astur approximans, Vigors and Horsfield. 



One male, and two females, Cape York. 



The male differs from the females, by having all the under 

 surface finely and transversely barred, and by the collar showing 

 much more distinct. 



4. — Hieracoglaux connivens, Latham. 

 One male, Cape York. 



5. — PODARGUS PHAL^ENOIDES, Gould. 



One female, Cape York. A very fine and beautifully marked 

 specimen. 



6. — PODARGUS GOULDI. i\T. Sp. 



General plumage of a pale marbled grey, plume at base of bill 

 large and erect, the central feathers rounded and tipped with 

 white, a narrow line extending from the base of the bill to the 

 upper part of the eye, and another beneath the eye white ; 

 feathers of the occiput, back of the neck, and partially of the back 

 with the centre black, and tip white ; entire under surface of a 

 lighter colour than the upper, and marked with long narrow 

 stripes of brownish black ; these marks being larger and more 

 distinct on the chest ; primaries above dark brown, with numerous 

 bands of white ; beneath of a lighter colour, the bands becoming 



