580 MR. E. P, RAMSAY ON [Nov. 16, 
17. CriRCUS ASSIMILIS. 
Occasionally met with on the open grass-lands of the Herbert 
river. Mr. White obtained five examples inland from Rockhampton, 
at Springsure, and on the Barkoo river. 
18. Circus GOULDI. 
Plentiful enough at times; they often assemble in small flocks, and 
may be seen skimming over the open grass-beds and seizing the Quail 
and other small birds as they rise. If no Hawks are to be seen, a 
goodmethod to obtain specimens is to set fire to the grass, when several 
species will soon arrive, and some may be seen dashing almost into the 
flames after the birds as they rise. 
19. SrRix TENEBRICOSA. 
Very rare; only one specimen, obtained in the bushes near Dal- 
rymple’s Gap. 
20. StRIX NOVZ-HOLLANDIE. 
This species is now plentiful in the bushes of the coast-range. I 
noticed in Mr. J. B. White’s collection, obtained at Springsure, a very 
dark-faced variety ; the facial disk was of a deep chestnut ; another shot 
at Dalrymple’s Gap on the coast-range has the disk almost white, 
and large spots on the under surface. It is a very variable species. 
21, SrRIx DELICATULA. 
I examined one specimen shot near the township of Cardwell ; it 
does not appear to differ from the usual New-South-Wales form of 
this species. 
22. SPILOGLAUX BOOBOOK. 
One specimen, shot by my collector near Cardwell, is slightly 
larger than the ordinary birds of the same species found in New South 
Wales. Colouring the same. 
23. H1ERACOGLAUX CONNIVENS. 
This species seems to be more plentiful than Spiloglau« boobook ; 
neither are they by any means rare. 
24. PoparGus, sp. 
I have again to observe that two species, quite distinct from one 
another in the form of the bill as well as in colour, have been procured ; 
these are also distinct from those obtained by my late collector, Spald- 
ing, in the same district several years ago. The species of this 
genus are in such glorious confusion that it is almost impossible to 
recognize any of them from bare descriptions. 
The two I have lately acquired are certaimly distinct from any 
figured in Mr. Gould’s work on the Birds of Australia. 
25. PopARGUS PAPUENSIS. 
Very scarce ; one specimen is slightly smaller than those I have 
obtained from Cape York. 
