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AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD BOOK. 
ORDER XVIII. — CORAOIIFORMES, PICARIAN BIRDS. 
F. 78. Steatornithidae, Oil-Bird, Guacharo, 1 sp. Nl. 
P. 79. PODARGIDAE (6), PROGMOUTHS, 32 sp.— 20(20)A , 
12(1^)0. 
4 217 Tawiiy Frogmouth (Tawny-shouldered), Mopoke (e), 
7 Podargus strigoides, A.T. , Stat. c. open forest 18 
Upper brown freckled grayish-white and darker-brown; ^ 
wings lighter, spotted black and buff; tawny patch on \ 
wing; tail tawny-brown barred blackish-brown; wide | 
bill brown; nocturnal; f., sim. Insects. 'Oom, oom."^"^ 
2 218 Owlet Nightjar (Little), Banded Goatsucker (e), ,?^t~ 
13 Moth Owl (e), Mgotheles novac-hollandiae. A., T. 
Stat. r. timber 8.5 
Blackish-gray; tail faintly banded; obscure collar; short, 
wide bill; bristles round bill; nocturnal; f., sim. In- 
sects, mosquitoes, moths. 
P. 80. Leptosomalidae, Kirombos, Madagascar Rollers, 2 sp. E. 
Australia is well represented in Order XVIII. — Picarian Birds. 
The Tawny Frogmouth is one of '*the most peculiar," and is the 
"ugliest of birds." On account of its wide mouth, it is called the 
Frogmouth, and on account of the confusion connecting it with 
the Boobook Owl, which calls "Mopoke," this bird is also called 
the "Mopoke" (see p. 85). It so closely mimics a broken branch 
during the day that it is seldom seen, though it is fairly common. 
Gould bears eloquent testimony to the value of Australian birds 
