386 Mr. H. W. Hensliaw on the various 
60. Chalcophaps CHRYsocHLORA (Wagl.) (op. cit. p. 679). 
Found at 3000 feet on Bellenden-Ker. Occurs from 
Brisbane to Cape York. 
61. Catheturus lathami (Latli.) (op. cit. p. 708). 
Nests up to 3000 feet on Bellenden-Ker. 
62. Megapodius duperreyi Less. & Gam. (op. cit. p. 715). 
At 3000 feet on Belleuden-Ker, but not found on the Avest 
side of the range. This bird makes a large mound^ thirty feet 
in diameter. 
63. Nycticorax caledonicus (Gm.) (op. cit. p. 962). 
Found on Mouut Sophia, Bellenden-Ker. Herbert River 
is the southern boundary of this bird^s range. It breeds on 
the islands and not on the mainland. Every morning it -flies 
to the mountains, and thence returns at night or before sun- 
down to the scrubs, where it feeds on fruits. 
64. Casuarius australis Wall (op. cit. p. 1069). 
Found up to 3000 feet from north of the Herbert 
River to Newcastle Bay and to thirty miles south of the 
Cape, beyond which it does not occur ; nor has it been 
observed on the other side of the coast-range. 
XXV. — On the various Plumages o/Buteo solitarius. 
By H. W. Henshaw. 
As it is the only raptorial bird indigenous to the Hawaiian 
Islands, the *' lo/' as the natives term Buteo solitarius, 
possesses unusual interest. It is true tbat the Marsh-Hawk 
{Circus hudsonius) has been taken on Oahu, while the Yish- 
Hawk(Pa7zc?io/i halia'etus) has been observed on several of 
the islands ; but the occurrence of the former, and probably 
of the latter, is purely accidental. 
The Short-eared Owl {Asio accipitrinus) is also, and has 
been from time immemorial, a common resident on the 
islands. It is, however, almost indistinguishable from its 
relative of the mainland, whence it originally came ; and 
can be separated, if at all, only by its slightly snjaller size. 
