PODOCES. 507 



vandj ke-brown and purplish-grey of various shades distributed 

 over the whole shell. In some specimens the surface-markings aro 

 almost absent. They vary in length from 1*4 to 1"81, and in 

 breadth from 1-06 to 1-2. 



1. New South Wales. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. New South Wales. W. RadcUffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 4. New South Wales. T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Yandembah, N. S. Wales, Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(A.J. North). 

 2. Merungle, N. S. Wales, 14th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 

 {A. J. iV.). 



2. Fish River, N. S. Wales (E. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Ratiisny). 



4. Victoria. Government of Victoria [P.]. 



3. Murrav River, Victoria, otli May Crowley Bequest. 



(A.'J. X.). 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq. [P.j. 



2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



5. South Australia. Gould Coll. 

 7. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



Genus PODOCES, FiscJier. 

 Podoces panderi, Fischer. 



Podoces panderi, Cahanis, J. f. O. 1873, p. 63, pi. 3. figs. 37 & 38 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 150 (1877) ; Nexvton, P. Z. S. 1897, 

 p. 893, pi. h. lig. 10 ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 406 (1902) ; 

 Hartert, Vw/.jml. Faun. i. p. 39 (1903) ; Dresser, Ff/ffs Birds Europ. 

 pts. xi. &. xii. p. 417, pi. i. figs. 6 & 7 (1908) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 628 (1909J ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 364 (1910). 



Eggs of Pander's Ground-Chough are of a rather broad oval 

 shape, somewhat pointed towards the smaller end, and slightly 

 glossy. The ground is pale greenish-white, spotted all over with 

 light umber-brown and blotched with lilac-grey of various shades, 

 the markings being generally most numerous round the larger end 

 and forming a rather Avell-defined wreath. They vary in length 

 from 1-01 to 1-21, and in breadth from "7 to -83. 



3. Transca.-pia, 4th April (A'. Za- W. Radclifl'e Saunders, Esq, 



rudny). [P.]. 



2. Trauscaspia, 2nd May {X. Z.). II. E. Dresser, Esq. [E.]. 



Podoces humilis, Hume. 



Podoces humilis, Hume ^- Henders. Lahore to Yarkand, p. 247 (1873) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 152 (1877) ; Hartert, Vmj. pal. 

 Faun. i. p. 40 (1903); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 629 (1909); Nehrk. 

 Fat. Eiersamml. p. 364 (1910). 



