2. ASTUE. 11 



Measurements of average sized specimens from different localities. 



Blue Mountains, New South Wales. 

 Illawarra, New .South Wales. 

 Nepean River, New South Wales. 

 Oban, New South Wales. 

 New South Wales. 

 Port Denison, Qeensland. 

 * 2 ad. sk. (Macl. Mus.) Cape York. 



Pres. 

 Col. 

 Pres. 

 Pres. 

 Pres. 

 Pres. 



3. Astur leucosomus. 



The Lesser White Goshaick. 

 Faico novae-hollandiffi, S. Midler, Verh. Land-en Volkenk., p. 21 (1844); 

 Gray, Cat. Bds. New Gain., p. 16 (1859) ; Sdater, Ibis, 1860, p. 

 322; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1861, p. 433; Schleg. Mus. Pays-Bas, 

 Astures, p. 20 (1862) ; Bosenb. Journ. f. Orn., 1864, p. 116 ; 

 Finsch, New Guin., p. 155 (1865); Schleg. Vog. Ned. Lnd. 

 Valkvog., pp. 19, 58, pi. 11, fig. 3 (1866); id. Mus. Pays-Bas, 

 Bevue Acdintr., p. 63 (1873). 



Astur leucosomus (sub-sp. a), SharjK, Cat. Bds., Brit. Mus., vol. i, p. 

 119 (1874); id. Mitthl. Zool. Mus., Dresd., vol. i, p. 355 (1874); 

 Bamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., vol. iii, p. 248(1879); 

 Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. xvi, p. 425 (1882). 



Astur leucosoma, Becc Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen., vol. vii, p. 707 (1875) ; 

 Guill. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1885, p. 617. 



Leucospizias leucosomus, Gurney, Ibis, 1875, p. 365 ; Salvad. Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Gen., vol. x, p. 118 (1877); id. Orn. Pa]), et Molucc, 

 p. 42 (1880) ; Gurney, List Diurn. Bds. Prey, p. 33 (1884) ; 

 Salvad. Aggiunte, Orn. Pap. et Molucc, p. 16 (1889) ; De Vis, 

 Ann. Bep. Brit. New Guin., 1891, App. C.C., p. 4 ; Gurney, jun.. 

 Cat. Bds. Prey, p. 20 (1894). 



Astur novse-hollandiae, sub-sp. leucosomus, Bamsay, Tab. List Austr, 

 Bds., p. 1 (1888). 



