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tree, and immediately offered up thxanks by saving " more- 

 pork " twice. Tlie call of the Frogmouth is a feeble and 

 unattractive one, except to its own kin, *' Oom, oom, oom," 

 repeated about a dozen times, is a simple description. 



Of the four Australian species this one is the most wide- 

 spread, being found throughout Australia " and Tasmania. 



Tawny Frcgmouth. Twilight position. 



Until recently it was not known to be in the Occident ; now it 

 has completed the geographical chain, encircling the con- 

 tinent. 



Amongst the various notes I hold on this species I would 

 like to quote those in a letter to me from one of my corre- 



