134 THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD [Vol. II. 



THE NOTES ON SOME AUSTRALIAN TYPES. 

 By Gregory M. Mathews. 



The following rough notes were made during my recent 

 visit to Australia. The pages given are those of my 

 List of the Birds of Australia, published in 1913. 



p. 30. Is not the bird listed as Podiceps poliocephalus 

 in the Emu, Vol. XII., p. 275, Tachybapttis ruflcollis 

 novcehollandice ? Could it be re-examined ? 



p. 33. In the Melbourne Museum are two specimens 

 ■of Reiriholdia reinholdi byroni from Queenscliff, Victoria, 

 labelled Puffinus assimilis. 



p. 43. PTioebetria fusca camphelli. There is one of this 

 dark form from Hobson's Bay, Victoria, in the Melbourne 

 Museum. 



p. 59. Is not the bird listed as Charadrius dominicus 

 in the Emu, Vol. XII., p. 275, Eupoda vereda"^ Could 

 it be re-examined ? 



p. 81. There is an example of Egretta garzetta 

 immaculata in the Melbourne Museum from Swan Hill, 

 Victoria, so this State must be added to the range as 

 a rare visitor. 



p. 118. All the examples of Megastrix tenebricosa 



1 saw from Victoria were the large variety which I 

 called Megastrix tenebricosa magna. 



p. 143. Megapodargus plumiferus. There is an 

 •example of this species in the Sydney Museum — a male 

 from the Clarence River, New South Wales. I have 

 a bird from the South of Brisbane, Queensland, which, 

 compared with the Clarence River specimen, is 4 mm. 

 longer in the wing, tarsus and toes of equal length, 



2 mm. wider in the bill at the gape, slightly longer in 

 the tail, and lighter in colour. 



