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3. Podargiis phalaenoides *. 



Podarg-us plialseuoides, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 142 ; Bp. Consj). i. 

 p. 57 (1850) ; Gonld, B. Austral, ii. pi. v. (1848) ; id. Handb. B. 

 Austral, i. p. 90 (1805) ; Gray, Haud-l. i. p. 54 (1869) ; Eamsay, 

 P. Z. S. 1875, p. 581 (Queensland) : Diggles, B. Austral, pi. 18 

 (1877). 



Adult female. Upper sm-face dark rusty red, with narrow black 

 shaft-lines and tiny white tips to many of the feathers, freckled with 

 a little white here and there, more frequently on the scapulars, and 

 witli larger whitish markings to the upper wing-coverts ; primaries 

 deep brown, spotted with rufous and whitish on the outer webs, 

 irregularly barred and freckled on the inner webs ; rectrices 

 distinctly or obsoletely barred with whitish bands, vermiculated 

 with black ; lower parts greyish white, pervaded with a rufous 

 tinge and with deep brown shaft-lines and brown vermiculations ; 

 abdomen sometimes uniform whitish with a few brown shaft-lines. 

 Total length about 14*5 inches, wing 7"9 to 8'5, tail 7, tarsus I'l, 

 middle toe (without claw) I'l to 1-45, bill from angle of mouth 

 2 to 2-2. 



Other specimens are more greyish, without a decidedly rufous 

 tint, the lower surface light grey with whitish spots above and 

 below, larger and more distinct. These are probably males. 



This species is easily distinguished from P. strigoides by its beauti- 

 ful delicate coloration and smaller size. The contrast between the 

 yellow bill of P. plialci'noides and the bluish-black bill of P. cuvieri 

 in Gould's beautiful plates (I. c), however, seems to be exaggerated. 



Hab. Northern and Western parts of Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. N.W. Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. N.W. Australia. Capt. Bow^-er Bower 



fp.]. ' 



c. 2 a.d. sk. Rockingham Bay. Gould Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. ; e. Port Essington. Capt. W. Chambers 

 Ad. St. [P.]. 



f, g. Ad. sk. Port Essington, Aug. J, B. Jukes, Esq. 



h, i. Ad. sk. Victoria River, July. J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



k. Skeleton. Port Essington. Purchased. 



4. Podargus ocellatus. 



Podargus ocellatus, Quoy et Gaim. T'oy. Astrolabe, Ois. pi. xiv. 

 (1830) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 57 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 54 (1869) ; 



* Podargus hrachypteriis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 163 (W. Australia) ; id. 

 B. Austr. i. Intr. p. xxviii (1848) ; id. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 89 ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 54. This seems to belong to P. fhalcmoides, but Gould appears 

 to have also included under this name small specimens of P. strigoides. 

 Gould's P. macrm-hynchus is probably also referable to P. phaleenoides. 



Cf. also P. vincendoni, Hombr. & Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, pi. 21. fig. 1 

 (1846). 



