ON A NEW SUB-SPECIES OF PSOPIIODES — NORTH- 
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On a NEW SUB-SPECIES of PSOPIIODES CREPITANS. 
By Alfred J. North, C.M.Z.S., Ornithologist. 
For many years past I have known that the specimens of 
Psophodes collected by Messrs. Cairn tfc Grant in 1887 and 1889 
at Boar Pocket, North-eastern Queensland, were different in 
several respects from the P. crepitans , inhabiting New Soutli 
Wales and Victoria. While lately examining the Reference 
Collection 1 found another skin from the same locality, which 
was obtained by Mr. W. S. Day on the 4th of May, 1891. As all 
the specimens collected at Boar Pocket at wide intervals are 
alike, I take the present opportunity of pointing out the 
distinctive characters of this northern race of Psophodes crepitans. 
Psophodes crepitans lateralis, subsp. nov. 
Adult . — Like P. crepitans , Gould, but differs in having the 
lateral feathers of the tail, which is shorter, tipped with pale- 
brown instead of white. Moreover, the sides of the lower Hanks 
are olive-green, whilst in P. crepitans they are ashy-brown. 
Total length 9‘8 inch; wing -T9, tail 5'4, bill 0 9, tarsus 1'3. 
Ilab . — Boar Pocket, N.E. Queensland. 
Type . — In the Australian Museum, Reg. No. 04645. 
Remarks . — I have selected the largest and finest specimen as 
the type. The tail measurements of two more adult males from 
the same locality are respectively 5*2 and 5 inches. Specimens of 
P. crepitans , obtained in t ho Ulawarra District of New South 
Wales vary in the total length from 10-5 to 11 inch, and in the 
length of the tail from 5*75 to 6*1 inch. 
Boar Pocket is situated on the table-lands of the Upper Barron 
River, about thirty-two miles from Cairns. 
