( 195 ) 



2 imll. 4U miles west of Avergne Station, Northeni Territory, 25. vi. I9i)2 

 (Nos. K. 562, 553). 



Tlie material at preseut at my disposal docs not enable me to discuss the 

 (juestion of the existence of one or more subspecies of Dromaeus iiooaehollandiaei 

 but there is no reason why there should not be several. Some specimens are very 

 reddish, but that is evidently not a subspecific character, but due to the reddish soil 

 with which they are smeared. 



2. Megapodius duperreyi tumulus Gould. 



(Cf. Nov. Zonl. 1901, p. 13(5.) 



11 specimens. Alligator River, September 1903 (Nos. 1631 — 1H41). 

 M. (I. (iimtdits differs from M. il. duperreyi by its darker and more rntons 

 uj)perside and larger size. 



3. Turnix maculosus (Temm.). 



Eem'qmdiua macuhisus Temminck. Piijenns it Gall, iii. pp. 631, 757 (1815 : Australia). 



cJ ad., c? pull., South Alligator River, October 1902, April 1903, on the river 

 flats, in the long grass. " Iris white, legs yellow." (Nos. 810, 1177.) 



4. Turnix castanotus (Gould). 



Heniipodius mdimntas Gould, P. Z. S. 1839. p. 145 (N.W. Australia) 



S ? , South Alligator River, and 20 miles west of it, near the hills, on quartzite 

 ground. " Not numerous." (Nos. 1178, 1179.) " Iris and feet yellow." 



A specimen from Obogama in N.W. Australia, received from Mr. Robert Hall, 

 is lighter on the back, rump and tail, with the feathers of the back with large black 

 patches. 



5. Turnix velox Gould. 



Hemipodiua oeloj; Gould, P. Z. .9. 1840. p. 150 (interior of N. S. Wales). 



1 cJ, 3 ? ?, Nullugine, N.W. Australia, April 1901. " Iris and feet whitish." 

 In flat country, especially on the river flats. (Nos. R. 126 toR. 129.) 



6. Synoicus' australis (Temm.). 



Ciitiinii.i: uustralis Temminck, PiijenKS el Gull. iii. pp. 474, 740(1815 : Australia, Capt. Baudiu, Paris 

 Museum). 



7 c? ¥. Lewis Island, July 1901 (Ncs. R. 199 to 205). 



2 Si, Brock's Ureek, Northern Territory, August 1902 (Nos. R. 535, 636). 



16 c??, Alligator River, July to November 1903 (Nos. 801 to 808, 1171a, 1639, 

 1540, 1660 to 1653, 1716). 



7. Ptilinopus cincta alligator Collett. 



Pliluj/us [Lcucotrcruii) alliijutor Collett, P. Z. .S. 1808. p. 354 (Alligator River). 



c? ad., in granite ranges ten miles east of South Alligator River, 86 miles from 

 the coast, lo. viii. 1903. " C^olour of iris red, leg red." (No. 1536.) 



? ad., shot in jungle near sandstone cliff at head of west branch of South 

 Alligator River, 22. v. 1903 (No. 1178h). 



(Cf. Soc. Zool. 1904, p. 179.) 



