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Islands bears the date February, 1838. In the latter place 

 Gould refers to the former description, but as he gave the 

 pagination wrong (P. 88, not 89) he probably wrote from 

 paged proof. In any case the figure and details of his speci- 

 mens given by Gould settle the matter in an uncontradictable 

 manner. 



Regarding the distribution of these forms I have not suffi- 

 cient data to delimit their ranges. My specimens show that 

 33 deg. S. by 147 deg. E. is the furthest south attained by the 

 red-vented bird, but specimens must be continually collected 

 to fix such ranges. Flight observations are quite valueless. 



At this time I would note that the Type of Euphema 

 bourkii Gould Birds Austr., Vol. V., pi. 43, 1841, is in the 

 Australian Museum, Sydney, and not at Philadelphia, as re- 

 corded by Stone (C.c. P. 150). This is noted in the letterpress 

 accompanying the plate. 



Melville Island Birds. 



By F. R. Zibtz. 



In the recent issue of "The Ibis" (tenth series. Vol. II., No. 

 1, January, 1014, pp. 91-132) Mr. Gregory M. Mathews has pub- 

 lished a list of the birds of Melville Island, Northern Tern* 

 tory of South Australia. In this list are included those re- 

 corded by me in the previous number of this publication, with 

 the exception of two species, viz., Astur clarus robustus and 

 EUltia Isabella. As Mr. Mathews includes the Bathurst Island 

 birds in this list I am able to add Astur radiatus rufotiUa 

 (Campbell), the type of which came from Napier, Broome Bay, 

 north-west Australia. This bird was collected bv Mr. W. f). 

 Dodd, collector for the South Australian Museum, 'on Bathurst 

 Island. It is a male, and agrees fairly well in colour and 

 markings with Campbell's description,* with the exception of 

 being more rufous on the abdomen, and smaller. The follow- 

 ing are the measurements of the type specimen, which is a 

 female, converted from inches into millimeters so as to com- 

 pare with those of the Bathurst Island specimen 



*Eoni. Vol. X., p. 2i9, 1911. 



