326 Mr. E. P. Ramsay's Additional List 



and others, which will be found in the following list, in which 

 the numbers prefixed to the names of the species run on from 

 my former communication. The nomenclature here used is that 

 of Mr. Gould's ' Handbook to the Birds of Australia/ to which 

 references are added. 



46. AsTUR APPROxiMANs (Vigors and Horsfield) ? H. B. A. 

 i. p. 41. 



This is either a very peculiar variety or a new species. T am 

 more inclined to consider it distinct upon comparing it with like 

 specimens procured by Mr. G. Masters, and now in the Collection 

 of the Australian Museum. 



47. Spiloglaux boobook (Latham). H. B. A. i. p. 74. 

 Not rare, but by no means plentiful. 



48. PoDARGUs STRIGOIDES (Latham). H. B. A. i. p. 84. 



A much smaller specimen than is usually procured in New 

 South Wales. It might be P. phalanoides ; but so much con- 

 fusion exists between these two species, that, after spending the 

 greater part of two days in trying to identify its species, I put 

 it down as above. 



49. EuRYSTOPODUs ALBOGULARis (Vigors and Horsfield). 

 H. B. A. i. p. 96. 



Common at times, though Mr. Rainbird tells me he met with 

 only one specimen last year (1865). Towards the end of 1864 

 he sent down ten specimens, all from the same locality ; and he 

 also forwarded me a broken egg taken from a female which he 

 was skinning. I am afraid it was hardly fit for laying, as the 

 markings were very indistinct. It appears to have been about 1"1 

 inch long by '75 inch wide, and is spotted pretty equally all over 

 with reddish-brown and pale lilac. In shape it closely resembles 

 eggs of Caprimulgus asiaticus which I received in a collection 

 from Ceylon in 1863; the markings are also diffused over the 

 surface of the shell in the same style. 



50. Merops ornatus, Latham. H. B. A. i. p. 117. 

 Specimens from Port Denison are somewhat smaller than those 



from New South Wales. 



