C 209 ) 



?, Argyle Station, East Kimberley, 31. v. 1902 (No. R. 410). Throat, breast, 

 abdomen, and under tail-coverts white, some of the feathers with dark browa 

 shafts, sides tinged with pale rufous and with more regular brown shafts. Thighs 

 rufous-brown. 



(?, Condon Rd., 15. v. 1901 (No. U. 1). Throat buff, breast and sides of body 

 brown, with darker shafts, middle of abdomen buff, with dark .shaft-Hues. 



These three specimens have the general colour above rufous and the thighs 

 rufous, and belong thus to the form called beriijora in Cat. B. i. p. 421 {ncciilentalix 

 Gould). I doubt whether they are specifically or subspecifically different, but cannot 

 prove the contrary yet. 



'••1. leracidea orientalis Sharpe. 



Fn\ci> htr'irjora orieiiUilU Schlegel, Nauiiiuiiiiiu 18."i.5 p. '254 (nomen nudum I). 

 Iliemddeu oriciiliifis Sbarpe (ex Schl. nom. nud.), Cut. B. i. p. 422. 



1 <?,2 ? ¥, South Alligator River, April and June 1903 (Nos. 1195, 119C), 

 1 107). " Iris brown, legs bluish." 



These birds are above dark brown, and have brown thighs, and lielong to the 

 birds for which Dr. Sharjie adojjted the name orlnitalis. 



A specimen from the Fitzroy River, N.W. Australia, received from Mr. Robert 

 Hall, is below like this dark bird, but above decidedly rufous ! I appeal to the 

 Australian field-naturalists to study these birds, and to collect series of paired adult 

 birds and their young, in order to find out if they are mere aberrations (so-called 

 " phases ") or species. They do not seem to be geographical representatives (sub- 

 species), and I doubt whether they are species. 



92. Faico lunulatus Lath. 



Fako lunulalun Latham, Iml. Oni. Siipjil. p. xiii (1801 — Australia). 



1 ?, Brock's Creek, Northern Territory, lO.viii. 1902 (No. R. 555). 



2 (?(?, 1 ?, Alligator River, 24. ix. 1902, 10,29. ix. 1903 (Nos. 693, 1704, 170.5). 

 "' Iris brown, feet yellow." 



93. Cerchneis cenchroides (Vig. & Horsf.). 



Fuloj ccnchrohhs Vigors i Horsfield, Tnms. Linn. i<uc. -w. p. 183 (1826 — Australia). 

 1 ?, Eureka River, Northern Territory, 0. ii. 1003 (No. 1050). 



94. Pandion haliaetus leucocephalus Gould, 

 c??, Lewis Island, N.W. Australia, 25,20.vi. 1901 (Nos. R. 108, 109). 



05. Ninox connivens occidentalis Rams. 



Nino.c connivcns-uccideuUilia Ramsay, I'rof. Linn. ^'y. X.S. Wales i. (2). p. 1086 (1886 — N.W. 

 Australia). 



(^ ?, Yceda Creek, W. Kimberley, 23. xi. 1901 (Nos. 275, 270). 



cJ, Margaret Crossing, Hall's Creek Rd. I'.i. iv. 1902 (No. R. 411). "Irs and 

 feet yellow, bill blackish, base and under-mandible yellow. Found on most of the 

 rivers of this part of Australia, bnt not numerous." 



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