90 RECORDS OF THE ATJSTRAIilAN MUSETTM. 



Madagascar, Mauritius, Bourbon, Rodriguez, the Seychelles, India, 

 Ceylon, Andaman Islands, Solomon and Friendly Islands, New 

 Caledonia, the Marquesas, Gilberts, Marshall, and Pelew Islands. 



The immature specimen of P. candid us, olttained at Botany is 

 silky-white with the upper parts beautifully marked with black 

 crescentic and arrow-headed cross-bars similar to immature 

 examples of P. rubricauda. Total length in the flesh exclusive of 

 the two central tail-feathers which ar^■ imperfect, 14*5 inches, 

 wing lO'l, tail-feathers next the central pair 4'4, bill 1'8, tarsus 

 07; bill and legs ashy-flesh colour, feet black. 



An adult mounted specimen receiveil from America is silky- 

 white, with a crescent in front and a line behind the eye, a stripe 

 along the wing-coverts terminating on the innermost secondaries 

 and scapulars, and a band on the first fnur primaries and some of 

 the elongated flank-feathers, black ; shafts of the wing and tail- 

 feathers, except at the tips, black. Total length 22 inches, wing 

 IU'5, central tail-feathers 11, bill 18, tarsus 072 ; bill and legd 

 pale yellow, feet black. 



Dr. J. C. Cox informs me that immediately after the same storm 

 in February 1898, in company with Major Ferguson, he observed 

 a specimen of Pelagodroina marina between Cockatoo Island and 

 Iron Cove, skipping over the surface of the water and following 

 in the wake of their boat. Living examples of tliis species are 

 extremely rare in New South Wales waters, and are only seen 

 after unusually severe easterly or southerly gales. 



ADDENDA to CATALOGUE of AUSTRALIAN 

 METEORITES.* 



By T. CooKSEY, Ph.D., B.Sc, Mineralogist. 



BiNGAKA. — Prof. Liversidge wishes it to be stated that he is not 

 in possession of any portion of the Bingara Meteorite. 



Yardea — The following additional information has been received 



from Dr. E. C. Stirling :— 

 Type. — Siderite. 

 Weight. — lYi)?,. 3|ozs. 

 Locality. — Four miles S. of Yardea Station, Gawler Ranges, 



South Australia. 

 Finder and Date. — Found in 1875. 

 Coll. — The Museum, Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery 



of S.A., Adelaide. 



* Rec. Aust. Mas. in., 3, p. 55 - 60. 



