24 PODAEGID^. 



Sub-Order PODARGL 



The eggs of the Podarc/i, or Frog-mouths, arc plain white, the shell 

 being fairly smooth in texture and slightly glossy. They are either 

 elliptical or bluntly oval in shape. 



Family PODAKGUXE. 



Sub-Family PODARGIN^E. 

 Genus PODARGUS, Vieill. 



Podargus papuensis, Q. $ G. 



Podargus papuensis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 91 (1865) ; Hartert, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 630 (1892) ; Le Souef, Ibis, 1896, p. 312 ; 

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

 Birds,?. 538 (1901). 



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



An egg 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.). 



? Caprimulgus brachypterus, Thien. Fortgflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xlii. fig. 23 



(1845-54). 

 Podargus strigoides, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 84 (1865) ; North, 



Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 26, pi. vi. fig. 3 (1889) ; Hartert, Cat. 



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



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



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

 Podargus cuvaeri, Gould, torn. tit. p. 87 ; North, Nests fy 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. Dawson River, Queensland, 27th Crowley Bequest. 



Oct. (North Coll.}. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



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



(E. P. Seymour). 



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



(A. J. North}. 



2. Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, 30th RadclifFe Saunders Coll. 



Oct. 

 1. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



