Inkerman Station, North Queensland. 461 



In the order of the species and nomenclature I have 

 implicitly followed Mr. Gregory Mathews in his recently 

 published ' Handlist of the Birds of Australia ' *, a work 

 founded to a large extent on Dr. Bowdler Sharpe's more 

 comprehensive ' Hand-list of Birds ' now in course of 

 publication, while, for the convenience of my readers, I have 

 also quoted Gould^s more familiar names. 



It is pleasing to think that my father's recent interest in 

 scientific ornithology should have met with such encouraging 

 results, for the two collections that he has placed at my dis- 

 posal have added no fewer than seven new species or sub- 

 species to the Australian list ! In concluding I would like 

 to mention my indebtedness to Dr. Sharpe and the other 

 officials at the British Museum for the kind and courteous 

 assistance which they have rendered me during the preparation 

 of this paper ; while I must not forget my obligations to 

 Mr. Mathews, who has very kindly looked over the proof- 

 sheets before they went to press. 



1. Macropygia phasianella Temm. 



Macropygia phasianella Gld. Handb. ii. p. 148 ; Math. 

 Handl. p. 10. 



a. Adult. Inkerman. 



2. Geopelia humeralis (Temm.). 

 Erythi^auchcena humeralis Gld. Handb. ii. p. 142. 

 Geopelia humeralis Math. Handl. p. 10. 



No. 333. ? adult. Inkerman, April 19, 1907. Bill 

 dark grey ; feet pinkish ; iris pale yellow. 



3. PODICIPES NOV^-HOLLANDI^ Stcph. 



Podicipes ffularis Gld. Handb. ii. p. 513. 



Podicipes nova-hollandi<s Ingram, Ibis, 1907, p. 392 ; 

 Math. Handl. p. 14. 



a. ? imm. Inkerman, June 9, 1907. Bill brown above, 

 cream below ; feet green-black. 



4. Hydrochelidon hybrida (Pall.). 

 Hydrochelidon leucopareia Gld. Handb. ii. p. 406. 

 Hydrochelidon hybrida Math. Handl. p. 20. 



* See ' The Emu,' Supplement to vol. vii., January 1908. 



