APPENDIX. 1083 



ADDITIONAL BIEDS. 

 Ercmiornis cartcri, North : Carter Desert Bird. 



Rcjciencc. — Victorian Naturalist, vol. xvii., pp. 78 and (13 (igooj. 



At the end of my " Obscrvatioiis " on the Tawny Grass Bird 

 (No. ISO), I made some remarks on one of these birds (dated 16th April, 

 1898), which Mr. Carter sent me from Point Cloatcs. I took it to be 

 a bleached or anomalous form of Jlci/ii/urun, but Mr. Nortli in Iris 

 technical description states : — " The slender bill, short tarsi, small feet, 

 and abnormally long upper and under tail coverts which conceal the 

 greater jwrtiou of its long and broad t^il feathers, will serve to distin- 

 guish it from any other Australian genus." 



Barnardius macijiUivrmji, North : Macgillivray Parrakeet. 

 Re/crvnce. — Victorian Naturalist, vol. xvii. p. 91 (1900). 



This new Parrakeet is from tlie Gulf of Carpentaria district, and in 

 general colouruig resembles B. zunariiis and B. occidcnfalix, but has the 

 head almost uniform in colour with the gi'cenish upper parts, instead of 

 black or blackish-brown as in the other species named. 



Turnix oiivii, Rothschild ; Olive Quail. 



Reference. — Ibis, p. 375 (igoo). 



Habitui. — North Queensland. Mostly nearlv allied to T. castanonoiii . but 

 is larger in size. 



Trinomial nomenclature has been employed to describe four other 

 birds doubtfully sub-specific, from North Queensland, namely : — 



Artamus leucogastcr jjaivirostris, Hartert. 

 Zosterops westeniensis vergeta, Hartert. 



Reference. — Nov. Zool. vol. vi., p. 423 (1899). 



Dacclo gigas minor, Robinson. 



Trichoglossus uoi-ce-JioUandicB scptcntrionalis, Robinson. 



Reference.— Bull. Liverp. Mus. vol. ii , p. 115 (1900). 



In all probability Australians will not take kindly to three-fold 

 names. Such terms do not tend to popularise ornithology. However, 

 with the student the trinomial system will open up such very large 

 questions regarding numerous Australian birds, as, whether some other 

 species should not with equal right be divided, or again, whether others 

 now separated on exceechngly slender grounds should not be amalga- 

 mated. These questions may very well be left to (say) a select commit- 

 tee of the proposed Australian Ornithologists' Union to settle. 



