24 PODARGID.i:. 



Sub- Order PODARGL 



The eggs of the Podarr/i, or Frog-mouths, are plain white, the shell 

 heing fairly smooth in texture and slightly glossy. They arc either 

 elliptical or bluntly oval in shape. 



Family PODARGID^. 



Sub-Family PODARGINiE. 

 Genus PODARGUS, VieiU. 



Podargus papuensis, Q. 4' G- 



Podargus papuensis, Gould, Ilandh. Birds Austr.i.-p.dl (I8G0); Hartert, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. G30 (1892) ; Le ISoinf, Ibis, 189G, p. 312; 

 Sharpe, Iland-l. ii. p. 42 (1900) ; Camphell, Nests !^- E(;gs Auslr. 

 Birds, p. 538 (1901). 



Podargus plumiferus, Gould, toni. cit. p. 93. 



An e^^ of the Plumed Frog-mouth in the Collection measures 

 2-15 by 1-3. 



1. S.E. New Guinea. Herr Weiske [C.]. 



Podargus strigoides {Lath.). 



p Caprimulgus brachyptenis, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vdg. tab. xlii. fig. 23 



(1845-54). 

 Podarp:us strigoides, Gould, Hmidh. Birds Audr. i. p. 84 (1865) ; North, 



Nests 4- Eqgs Austr. Birds, p. 26, pi. vi. fig. 3 (1889) ; Hartert, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xvi. p. 631 (1892) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersanvnl. p. 158 



(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 42 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs 



Austr. Birds, ii. p. 539 (1901). 

 Podargus cuvieri, Gould, torn. cit. p. 87; North, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. 



Birds, p. 27, pi. vi. fig. 4 (1889). 



The eggs of the Tawny Frog-mouth measure from 1-6 to 1-94 in 

 length, and from 1'15 to 1-33 in breadth. 



1. DaAvson River, Queensland, 27tb Crowley Bequest. 



Oct. {North Coll.). 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



1. Oakleigb, Victoria, 24th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



{E. P. Seymour). 



3. Hastings, Victoria, 10th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). 



2. Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, 30th Radclilfe Sauuders Coll. 



Oct. 

 1. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



