618 Messrs. H. C. Robinson and W. S. Laverock on 



Queensland)^ that there is no change of fauna at higher 

 elevations. Many species do not appear to range above 

 2000 feet, while others seem to be of only exceptional 

 occurrence below that elevation. 



The fauna of the Cape York Peninsula is well known to 

 present well-marked Papuan affinities, as is shown by the 

 occurrence of such genera as Rhododendron, in plants, Syina, 

 Tanysiptera, and Casuarius in birds, and Dendrolagus, 

 Cuscus, and Dactylopsila in mammals. In fact, it would 

 appear that the portion of Australia between Cape York 

 and the mouth of the Herbert River and east of the 

 watershed should be regarded as a well-marked division 

 belonging quite as much to the Papuan as to the Australian 

 faunal region. 



In the following list we have indicated by a * those species 

 which occur only in the Cooktown Collection, while those 

 which we have received from Cairns only have a f attached ; 

 species represented in both collections being unmarked. 



1. ■'^Urospizias approximans (Vig. & Horsf.). 



Astur approximans Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. i. p. 126 

 (1874). 



A small series of adult and immature birds. 



" Shy and not particularly plentiful. Iris and feet yellow; 

 bill black" [Olivt). 



2. *Leucospizias cinereus (Vieill.). 

 Astur cinereus Sharpe, t. c. p. 117. 



Several specimens of both sexes, all of which have the 

 ashv-brown semilunar marks on the feathers of the breast 

 supposed to indicate immaturity. 



** Of only occasional occurrence. Iris and feet yellow ; 

 bill black" {Olive). 



3. *Erythrotriorchis radiatus (Lath.). 

 Uruspizias radiatus Sharpe, t. c. p. 159. 



Of this rare Goshawk we have received a single slightly 

 immature male in somewhat worn plumage. 



" Iris brown ; feet yellow ; bill black. Birds and insects 

 in crop" {Olive). 



