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I notice "?Astur cruentus, Gould ;" lias been reported by Salva- 

 dori and D'Albertis from New Guinea. This will probably be 

 A. approximans, of which there are several stages of plumage, or 

 perhaps it may be a new species. I feel convinced it is not the 

 true A. cruentus of Gould. 



Podargus niegaceplialus, Latham. I have never seen this bird, 

 nor is it to be found in any collections in Australia. 

 Apeosmictus insignissimus, Gould } P.Z.S., 1875 (April J, p. 315. 



This is merely a lus. not. of A. scapulatus (cyanopygius). 

 I have frequently observed patches of yellow feathers in the 

 plumage of this species. When last in the Richmond River district 

 I shot one with a patch of yellow on the abdomen, and another 

 with yellow feathers on the back of the head ; there is one now 

 in the Australian Museum with a row of yellow feathers on the 

 upper wing coverts, and another with a yellow tinge pervading 

 the whole of the upper surface. Mr. Shaw, who shot the bird 

 described by Mr. Gould, informed me that it had paired with a 

 female in the ordinary plumage of that sex of A. scapulatus. 



Cacatua goffini, Finsch. 

 There is no authentic record of this species having been 

 obtained in Australia. 



Ptilinopds (Lamprotreron) poephyrostictus, Gould. 



Ann. arid Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 1874, No. 74>, p. 137. 



The females of Ptilinopus superbus of Temminck, agree exactly 

 with the description of P. porphyrostictus, Gould, given in the 

 Annals above quoted. I have also compared and examined a 

 large series of skins of P. superbus, in all stages of plumage, 

 from various localities ; from Port Denison, Rockingham Bay, 

 Cape York, aud Duke of York Island, &c. ; the adult females 

 are always alike, but the young of both sexes differ, particularly 

 the young males. After a careful examination of over 200 skins 

 of Ptilinopi from the above-mentioned places, I can find none 

 answering to Mr. Gould's description, which can be separated 

 from the females of Ptilinopus superbus, Temm. ; if Mr. Gould's 

 bird, then, is really distinct, I can only say, his description fails to 

 point out wherein it differs. 



