1. POD ARGUS. 



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others, again, more rufous. The variations in size are still greater. 

 The smaller specimens have been distinguished under the name of 

 Podargus cuvieri. The measurements of the smallest specimens 

 are : — Wing U*3 to 9-8 inches, tail 7'3 to 7'8, tarsus 1*3, bill from 

 gape to tip 2-5, width of gape 2. 



Many intermediate specimens, however, form a complete link 

 from the large to the small form, and the smaller form seems not 

 to be confined to the southern parts of Australia, nor the larger 

 form to the northern parts. These slight differences might in 

 other families of birds be reckoned as specific characters, but they 

 seem to be of little value in the genus Podargvs. I therefore come 

 to the conclusion that all these varieties belong to one species. It 

 must be left to Australian field-ornithologists to study all these 

 forms carefully. Should further investigations prove that I am 

 wrong in uniting them, I still maintain that the smaller form is 

 merely a subspecies, and at present I do not even admit that it is 

 worthy of this recognition. 



Bah. The greater part of Australia, and Tasmania. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. Ad. (albino) sk. 



d. e. Ad. sk. 

 f. Ad. sk. 



//, h, i. Ad. sk. 

 k. Ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. St. 

 m. Ad. sk. 

 n. Pull. St. 

 0. 2 ad. sk. 



p. Ad. sk. 



q- 6 ; r, s. 2 ad. 



sk. 

 t. Ad. sk. 

 u. Ad. sk. 

 V, w, X. (S ad. ; y, 



s, a. Ad. sk. 

 b'. Ad. sk. 

 c . Ad. sk. 



(/'. Ad. sk. 

 e'. $ ad. sk. 



f',g'. ? ad.sk. 



/«'. (S ad. sk. 



i'. Ad. sk. 



Australia. 



Australia. 



Australia. 

 AustraUa. 

 Australia. 

 Australia. 

 Australia, 

 Australia. 

 Australia. 

 Australia. 

 Tasmania. 



Tasmania. 



Tasmania. 



New South Wales. 

 Clarence River. 

 Queensland (J. T. Cocker ell). 



Queensland. 

 Rockingham Bay, Jime 3. 



Linnean Society. 

 (Type of P. humeralis.) 

 Linnean Society. 

 (Type of P. stanlei/mius.) 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 R. Buller, Esq. [P.]. 

 Zoological Societ}'. 

 Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 

 Purchased. 

 Linnean Society. 

 (Type of P. cuvieri. ) 

 Ronald Gunn, Esq. 



[P.]. . 

 Antarctic Exped. 



Ilume Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Cleveland Bay. 



Somerset, Cape York, (Cocke- 



rell ^ Thorpe). 

 Cape Upstart, Dec. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Capt. Owen Staulev 



[P.]- 

 Gould Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



J. B. Jukes, Esq. 



[P.]- 

 N. W. Australia ( T. H. Boioyer Capt. Bowyer Bower 



Boicer). [P.]. 



Swan River. Purchased. 



