24 PODARGID.^. 



Sub-Orcler PODARGI. 



The eggs of the Fodan/i, or Frog-mouths, arc plain white, the shell 

 heing fairly smooth in texture and slightly glossy. They arc either 

 elliptical or bluntly oval in shape. 



Family TODAKGID^. 



Sub-Family PODARGINiE. 

 Genus PODARGUS, VieiU. 



Podargus papuensis, Q. 4' G*- 



Podargus papuensis, Gould, Handh. Birds Amtr. i. p. 91 (1865) ; Hartert, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 630 (189:i); Le 8ouef, Ibis, 1896, p. 312; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 42 (1900) ; Camphell, Nests S,- JSt/c/s Austr. 

 ^»-rf.s, p. 688 (1901). 



Podargus phimiferus, Gould, torn. cit. p. 93. 



An egg of the Plumed Frog-mouth in the Collection measures 

 2-15 by f-3. 

 1. S.E. New Guinea. Herr Weiske [C.]. 



Podargus strigoides (Lath.). 



? Caprimulgus hrachypterus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Tog. tab. xlii. fig. 23 



(1845-54). 

 Podargus strigoides, Goxdd, Hmidb. Birds Atistr. i. p. 84 (1865) ; North, 



Nests ^ Bqqs Amtr. Birds, p. 26, pi. vi. fig. 3 (1889) ; Hartert, Cut. 



Birds B. "M. svi. p. 631 (1892) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 158 



(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 42 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests Sr Eggs 



Austr. Birds, ii. p. 539 (1901). 

 Podargus cuvieri, Goidd, torn. at. p. 87; North, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. 



Birds, p. 27, pi. vi. fig. 4 (1889). 



The eggs of the Tawny Frog-mouth measure from 1-6 to 1-94 in 

 length, and from I'lo to 1-33 in breadth. 



1. Dawson River, Queensland, 27th Crowley Bequest. 



Oct. (North Coll.). 



2. New South Wales. Gould CoU. 



1. Oakleigh, Victoria, 24th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



{E. P. Seymour). 



3. Hastings, Victoria, 10th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



2. Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, 30th Radclifie Saunders Coll. 



Oct. 

 1. Tasmania, Gould Coll. 



