24 PODABGID^. 



Sub-Order PODARGI. 



The eggs of the Podargi, or Frog-mouths, are plain white, the shell 

 being fairly smooth in texture and slightly glossy. They are either 

 elliptical or bluntly oval in shape. 



Family PODAEGIDtE. 



Sub-Family PODARGINiE. 

 Genus PODARGUS, . Fm7?. 



Podargus papuensis, Q. Sf G. 



PodargTis papuensis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 91 (1865) ; Hartert, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xvi. p. 630 (1892); Le Souef, Ibis, 1896, p. 312; 

 Sharps, Hand-l. 11. p. 42 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests Sf Hygs Amir. 

 5m*, p. 538(1901). 



Podargus plumiferus, Gould, torn. cit. p. 93. 



An egg of the Plumed Prog-mouth in the Collection measures 

 2-15 by 1-3. 



1. S.E. New Guinea. Heir Weiske [C.]. 



Podargus strigoides (Lath.). 



P Caprimulgus brachypterua, Thien. Fortpfianz. ges. Vdg. tab. xlii. fig. 23 



(1845-54). 

 Podargus strigoides, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. 1. p. 84 (1865) ; North, 



Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 26, pi. vi. fig. 3 ri889) ; Hartert, Cat. 



Birds B. itf. xvi. p. 631 (1892); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 158 



(1899) ; Sharps, Hand-l. 11. p. 42 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests Sr Eggs 



Austr. Birds, ii. p. 539 (1901). 

 Podargus cuvieri, Gould, torn. cit. p. 87 ; North, Nests & Eggs Austr, 



Birds, p. 27, pi. vi. fig. 4 (Ig— 



The eggs of the Tawny Frog-mouth measure from 1-6 to 1-94 in 

 length, and from 1-15 to 1-33 in breadth. 



1. Dawson River, Queensland, 27th Crowley Bequest. ■ 



Oct. (^North Coll.). 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



1. Oakleigh, "Victoria, 24th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(E. P. Seymour). 



3. Hastings, Victoria, 10th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). ^ 



2. Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, 80th Radcliffe Saunders Coll. 



Oct. 

 1. Tasmani*. . Gould Coll. 



