38G Mr. II. W. Ilcnsliaw on tJie various 



60. CnALCopiiAi's ciiHYsociiLORA (Wagl.) (op. cit. p. 079). 

 Found at 3000 feet on Bellenden-Ker. Occurs from 



Brisbane to Cape York. 



61. Catiieturus lathami (Lath.) (op. cit. p. 708). 

 Nests up to 3000 feet on Bellenden-Ker. 



62. Megapodius duperreyi Less. & Garn. (op. cit. p. 715). 

 At 3000 feet on Bellenden-Ker^ but not found on the west 



side of the range. This bird makes a large mound^ thirty feet 

 in diameter. 



63. NycTicoRAX caledonicus (Gm.) (op. cit. p. 962). 

 Found on Mount Sophia, Bellenden-Ker. Herbert River 



is the southern boundary of this bird^s range. It breeds on 

 the islands and not on the mainland. Every morning it flics 

 to the mountains, and thence returns at night or before sun- 

 down to the scrubs, where it feeds on fruits. 



64. Casuarius australis Wall (op. cit. p. 1009). 

 Found up to 3000 feet from north of the Herbert 



River to Newcastle Bay and to thirty miles south of the 

 Cape, beyond which it does not occur ; nor has it been 

 observed on the other side of the coast-range. 



XXV. — On the various Plumages o/Buteo solitarius. 

 By H. W. Henshaw. 



As it is the only raptorial bird indigenous to the Hawaiian 

 Islands, the " lo," as the natives term Buteo solitarius, 

 possesses unusual interest. It is true that the Marsh-Hawk 

 {Circus hudsonius) has been taken on Oahu, while the Fish- 

 Hawk (Pa/ic?io/i haliaetus) has been observed on several of 

 the islands ; but the occurrence of the former, and probably 

 of the latter, is purely accidental. 



The Short-eared Owl (Asio accipitrinus) is also, and has 

 been from time immemorial, a common resident on the 

 islands. It is, however, almost indistinguishable from its 

 relative of the mainland, whence it originally came ; and 

 can be separated, if at all, only by its slightly smaller size. 



