Vol. XX. -1 c.VMi'BELi., Additions lo • //. L. Wliitc Colleclion." ^1 



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One o. I +• Tlu'sc insular examples are lighter-eoloured and 

 are smaller in size compared with Northern Territory repre- 

 sentatives, and agree with the assimilis race. 



[24/1/20. — Flushed a young Scrub-Fowl. Judging by its si/.e, 

 it had not long left the mound.] 



*Synoicus cervinus, Gould. Northern Brown Quail. 

 Ypsilophorus y. queenslandicus. 



One 9. Same as King River (N.T.) specimens (see Emu, xviii., 

 p. 176). 



[16/1/20. — A few yards from camp, flush a pair of Brown Ouail. 

 Try a shot at one, but miss. Watch where it lands, and try to 

 fiush it again, without success. Hear one calling, and imitate 

 the call. The bird keeps answering and coming towards me. 

 Catch a glimpse of it running through short grass ; cannot flush 

 it. Imitate the call again, and a couple of birds answer several 

 times, but can neither see nor flush them. Later, call up Quail ; 

 one answers and I flush it. Try a shot, but do not bring it clown. 

 Go through some patches of light scrub. Clouds of mosquitoes, 

 and very vicious. Have to keep slashing them off my back with 

 a leafy branch.] 



*Turnix melanotus, Gould. Black-backed Quail. 

 T. maciilusa yovki. 



Two o J ; apparently typical. T. maculosa yorki, described 

 simply as " hghter " coloured, has no ornithological standing. 

 Oftener flushed than the Brown Quail. Except for their different 

 (thinner) bills, these males remind one of T. pyrrhothorax. 



Chalcophaps chrysochlora, Gould. Little Green-Pigeon. 

 C. c. kcmpi. 



One o, 2 $?. Similar to Northern Territory birds ; more 

 bronzy-green than southern form, while the brown coloration of 

 the females is not so chocolate (bright) on the head, neck, and 

 under surface (notably breast) as seen in the male — an index, 

 possiblv, of the sexes. 



*Lamprotreron superba, Temminck and Knip. Purple-crowned 

 Fruit-Pigeon. 



Two ^,^. Truly superb and perfect skins of a Dove-like species. 



[31/12/19. — Hear some Nutmeg-Pigeons calhng half-way up 

 Lady Peak. Go after them, as I have not had fresh meat for a 

 few days. Just get within range when I see a Koel and shoot 

 at it, whereat all the Pigeons fly, including four male Superb 

 Pigeons from the same feeding tree.] 



*Myristicivora spilorrhoa, Gray. Nutmeg-Pigeon. 

 M . bicolor spilorrJuhi. 



Two V?. Typical. Common during most of the period Mr. 

 M'Lennan was on the island. He last noted the birds ist March. 

 They were his chief supply of fresh meat. 

 *Megaloprepia assimilis, Gould. Allied Fruit-Pigeon. 

 M. inag)iifica assiiiiilis. 



