AND ITS GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 187 



Menado respectively have it 5"25. Some individuals from N.W. Australia 

 (J. leucopygialis, Gould) measure only 4 95 inches in the wings; but there 

 is no corresponding difference in plumage. 



As regards the distribution of the species in Australia, I have given 

 above the localities as determined by Mr. Ramsay in a paper on the birds 

 of that continent, with a proof of which he has favoured me, I also append 

 the note in Mr. Gould's ' Handbook ;' but it must be observed that this 

 Wood-Swallow does go to Western Australia, as is evidenced by the 

 specimen procured in Shark Bay by Dr. Rayner during the voyage of 

 H.M.S 'Herald.' Mr. Gould writes : — "Tasmania and Western Australia 

 are the only colonies in which this bird has not been observed ; its range, 

 therefore, over the continent may be considered as very general : in South 

 Australia and New South Wales it would appear to be migratory, visiting 

 these parts in summer for the purpose of breeding. Among other places 

 where I observed it in considerable abundance was Mosquito and the other 

 small islands near the mouth of the Hunter, and on the borders of the rivers 

 Mokai and Namoi, situated to the northward of Liverpool Plains ; in these 

 last-mentioned localities it was breeding among the large flooded gum-trees 

 bordering the rivers." 



Spec, in Mus. Brit. 



a, ad. Philippine Islands [Cuming), b, ad. Java [Horsfield) . c, ?. W. Java [Wallace), d, 6 ad. 

 Sumatra [Wallace), e, ad. Sibu Island, May 5, 1874 [Everett), f, ? ad. Bali [Wallace). 

 g,h, d ad.,i,juv. Lombock [Wallace). k, ad.,l,juv. Plores [Wallace). m,n,o,p,ad. 

 Timor ( Wallace) . q, 6 juv. Timor ( Wallace) . r, d ad. Macassar, Celebes ( Wallace) . 

 s, 2 ad. Tondano, Celebes [Wallace), t, 2 ad. Menado [Wallace), u, v, ad. Batchian 

 [Wallace). w,ad. G\\o\o [Wallace) . x, ad. Morty Island (?F"a^/ace). y, ? ad. Bouru 

 [Wallace). z,d,ad.,V ,juv. Goram. [Wallace). c',ad.,d',j'w. Mjsol [Wallace). ^,$ad. 

 Aru Islands ( Wallace) . f, ad. New Guinea { Wallace) . g\ ad. Island of Batanta [Laglaize) . 

 hi, i'. Australia [Sii- T. Mitchell), k', ad. Australia [J. Gould). I'. Port Essington [Capt. 

 Chambers) . m'. N.W. Australia (/. R. Elsey) . n' , ad. Mangrove Swamp, N.W. Australia 

 (/. R. Elsey). o'. Peron's Peninsula, Shark Bay, May 1858 [F. M. Rayner). 



