PODOCES. 507 
vandyke-brown and purplish-grey of various shades distributed 
over the whole shell. In some specimens the surface-markings are 
almost absent. They vary in length from 1°4 to 1°81, and in 
breadth from 1-06 to 1*2. 
1. New South Wales. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
2. New Scuth Wales. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(aed. 
New South Wales. T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 
4, 
3. Yandembah, N.S. Wales, Sept. Crowley Bequest. 
(A. J. North). 
2. Merungle, N.S. Wales, 14th Oct. Crowley Bequest. 
(A. J_N.): 
2. Fish River, N.S. Wales (Z. P. Crowley Bequest. 
Ramsay). ; 
4, Victoria. Government of Victoria [P.]. 
3. Murray River, Victoria, 5th May Crowley Bequest. 
(C4, J. N.): : E 
1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq. [P. }- 
2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 
5. South Australia. Gould Coll, 
7. South Australia, Gould Coll. 
Genus PODOCKS, Fischer. 
Podoces panderi, Fischer. 
Podoces panderi, Cabanis, J. f. O. 1873, p. 63, pl. 3. figs. 87 & 38; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 150 (1877); Newton, P. Z. 8.1897, 
p. 895, pl. li. fig. 10; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 406 (1902) ; 
Hartert, Vog.pal. Faun. i. p.89 (1903) ; Dresser, Eggs Birds Europ. 
pts. x1. &. xii. p. 417, pl. i. figs. 6 & 7 (1908) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p- 628 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eversammil. p. 564 (1910). 
Eggs of Pander’s Ground-Chough are of a rather broad oval 
shape, somewhat pointed towards the smaller end, and slightly 
glossy. The ground is pale greenish-white, spotted all over with 
light umber-brown and blotched with lilac-grey of various shades, 
the markings being generally most numerous round the larger end 
and forming a rather well-defined wreath. They vary in length 
from 1:01 to 1°21, and in breadth from °7 to ‘83. 
3. Transcaspia, 4th April (NV. Za-  W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
rudny). (Pa. 
2. Transcaspia, 2nd May (X. Z.). H. E. Dresser, Esq. {E.]. 
Podoces humilis, //ume. 
Podoces humilis, Hume §& Henders, Lahore to Varkand, p. 247 (1873) ; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. p. 152 (1877); Hartert, Vog. pal. 
Faun. i. p. 40 (1903); Sharpe, Hand-l. y. p. 629 (1909) ; Nehrk. 
Kat, Liersamml. p. 364 (1910). 
