Vol. xxxvi.] 82 



From the dried skins it appears as i£ the legs had been o£ 

 a less brownish, more greyish colour, but, as the colours 

 of the unfeathered parts are not marked, we cannot be sure 

 about this. Possibly the bill is larger, but a series would 

 be necessary to prove this. 



Mr, Gregory M. Mathews sent the foUowing notes and 

 additions to his 'List of the Birds of Australia,' 1913 : — 



Page 34 : 



Neonectris tenuirostris hulli, subsp. n. 



Differs from N. t. brevicaudus (Gould) iu having a whitish 

 throat. Wing 278 mm. 



Type cJ : Collected on the Barrier B-eef, Queensland, in 

 November 1882. 



Page 63 : 



Heteroscelus incanus porteri, nom. n. 



for the bird figuied and described iu my ' Birds of 

 Australia/ vol. iii. pi. 152, p. 212. 



Type : Cape York, Queensland. 



I have now two other records to add, one from Five 

 Islands, off the New South Wales coast, and one from Lord 

 Howe Island. 



Page 68 : 



Rhyacophilus glareola picturata, nom. n. 



for the bird figured and described in my ' Birds of 

 Australia,' vol. iii. pi. 156, p. 231. 

 Type : North-west Australia. 



Page 70 : 



Limnocinclus acuminatus rufescens, uom. n. 



for the bird figured and described in my ' Birds of 

 Australia,' vol. iii. pi. 161, p. 256. 

 Type : North-west Australia. 



