PTRKOCLETRS. 369 



Turnix varius. 



ITemipodius varius, Temminck, PI. Col. v. pi, 454, fig. 1 (1828). 

 Turnix varius, Gould, Handb. li. Austr, ii. p. I7!J (1865). 



The Varied Hemipode. 



Ifuh. Australia and Tasmania. 



1851. Natural skeleton. 0. V. 1423. Gould Colled i,m. 



Genus PEDIONOMUS. 



Gould, P. Z. S. 184U, p. 114. 



Pedionomus torquatus. 



PecUonomus torquatus, Gould, Proc. Zool. See. 1840, )». 114; id. 

 Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 187(1865). 



The Collared Plain-Wanderer. 



ITah. Southern Australia. 



1852, 1853. Skeletons. 0. C. A. 1355 a, b. Stores, 18(18. 



Suborder V. PTEROCLETES* . 

 \Cf. Seebohm, Classif. B. p. 39.] 



A. Maxillo-palatines not coalesced with each other or with the 



vomer. 



B. Nasals schizorhinal. 



C. Dorsal vertebra} heterocoelous. 



D. Sternum with two notches on each side of the posterior 



margin. 



* =Pt€rochinorph(e, Iluxlej^, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18(58, p. 303. = Suborder 

 Pterncletes, Sharpe, Review, p. 09(1891). C,'/". .also Stejneger, Stand. Nat. 

 Hist., Birds, p. 23o. 



I'Ain- 111. 2 b 



