198 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Gi-ant on Birds 



Family PODARGID^. 



PodargTis papuensis. 



Podargus papuensis Quoy & Graim. ; Hartert, Cat. xvi. 

 p. 630 (1892) ; van Oort, p. 81 (1909) ; Ogilvie-Grant, 

 P. & P. p. 284 (1912j ; id. Ibis, 1913, p. 96 ; Roths. & 

 Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 490 (1913). 



a,h. (? ? . Mouth of the Mimika River, i3th Dec. 1910 

 & 25th March, 1911. [Nos. 119, 1283, C. H. B, G.] 



c. S- Wataikwa River, 18th Oct. 1910. [No. 1390, 

 G.C.S.'] 



d. S- Iwaka River, 13th Feb. 1911. [No. 1043, C.H. 

 B.G.'] 



Iris light reddish amber-brown, or dark orange ; bill 

 horn-colour, yellowish on the sides ; feet light olive-brown 

 or pale olive. 



Females of this species of Frogmouth vary much in colour, 

 but may, I think, always be distinguished from the males 

 by having a reddish-buff band down each side of the back 

 formed by the outer webs of the scapulars ; in the males 

 these bands are mostly white, more or less mottled with black. 



A female (specimen h, from the Mimika River) has the 

 underparts quite similar to those of the male^ specimen d, 

 and is an unusually light-coloured bird for a female, only 

 the chest being suffused with brownish. 



Mr. Goodfellow tells us that at some of the stopping places 

 on the river the night was made hideous by the mournful 

 cries of these birds, repeated again and again on every side 

 and ending up with a sharp snap. 



Mr, Claude Grant adds that very few examples of this 

 Frogmouth were seen, and these were disturbed in the 

 daytime from their roosting places in the large trees. 

 They were able to see quite well in the daytime, and often 

 when on the wing would make quite long flights before 

 again perching, 



