124 THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD [Vol. II. 



I propose for the bird described in the Austral Avian 

 Record as above quoted the name of 



Casuaritjs casuaeiiis hamiltoni, subsp. n. 



p. 19. Geophaps sceipta bourkei, subsp. n. 



Differs from O. s. scripta in its larger size and darker 

 colour. 



Type, Bourke, New South Wales. 



p. 32. Feegettornis insiilaris, sp. n. 



Head, neck all round, back and upper wing-coverts 

 blackish-brown ; primaries and tail black ; upper tail- 

 <joverts, abdomen and vent white ; feathers on the side 

 of the body white with a dark brown central streak 

 under tail-coverts with white bases and black ends 

 under wing-coverts blackish-brown, central ones white 

 tail-feathers with white bases to the umer webs ; under 

 tail-coverts , blackish with white bases ; eyes dark 

 brown ; bill, feet and legs black. Total length 200 mm. ; 

 culmen 13, wing 168, tail 80, tarsus 38. 



Type, Lord Howe Island, 2nd February, 1914. 



p. 32. Fregettoenis alisteri, sp. n. 



Head, neck all round, back, upper wing-coverts and 

 upper-breast brownish-black ; primaries and tail black ; 

 Tipper tail-coverts white with broad blackish tips ; 

 abdomen and sides of body white, the latter with brownish 

 tips ; tail and under tail-coverts as above ; under wiQg- 

 ooverts brownish, central ones whitish ; soft parts as 

 above. Total length 200 mm. ; culmen 13, wing 165, 

 tail 75, tarsus 36. 



Type, Lord Howe Island, 23rd September, 1913. 



p. 32. Fregettornis innominattjs, sp. n. 



Head, neck all round, back and upper wing-coverts 

 blackish-brown, the two latter with white edges to the 

 feathers ; rump, sides of the back, sides of the body, 

 abdomen and vent white ; tail-feathers and primaries 



