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Australia, from Swan river to New South Wales {Gould) ; 

 Port Denison, Wide Bay, and Clarence River districts 

 [Ramsay) . 



9. TURNIX PYRRHOTHORAX. 



Turnix pyrrhothorax, Gould, B. A, v. pi. Ixxxvi. ; Handb. 

 ii. p. 186. 



East Australia ( Gould) . 



10. TuRNIX RUFILATUS. 



Turnix rufilatus, Wall. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 480. 

 Celebes : Macassar ( Wall.) . 



* 



11. Pedionomus torquatus. 



Pedionomns torquatus, Gould, B. A. v. pi. Ixxx. ; Handb. 

 ii. p. 187. 



Plains of Central Australia (Gould). 



XXXIII. — Notes on a Collection of Birds m,ade on the River 

 Yang-tse-kiang. By Rev. H. H. Slater, F.Z.S. 



The collection contains seventy-one skins belonging to 

 forty-three species, and was formed in the months of Sep- 

 tember, October, and November 1880, on the Yang-tse- 

 kiang, between Hankow and Quaichow-foo, by Mrs. W. G. 

 Greig and Dr. Reid, of Hankow. 



Hypotriorchis subbuteo (L.). 



One adult male, in very brilliant plumage ; shot at Han- 

 kow. 



Athene whitelyi (B1.). 



One specimen, apparently a female from the size. The 

 length of the wing less than that given by P^re David 

 {' Oiseaux de la Chine ^), being only 15 centim. (5-9 inches), 

 instead of 17'5 centim. Killed at Hankow. 



Asio AceiPiTRiNus (Pall.). 



One specimen, male, Wooclinng. 



2g 2 



