TAWNY FROGMOUTH. 
These last three are very close to each other and agree nearly in size but 
vary in coloration. 
The northern forms are quite as complex, but so much smaller that 
they scarcely grade in size, and their coloration is also much paler and the 
markings more delicate. 
The birds from Mackay, South Queensland, are, however, very peculiar 
in that they show features of both northern and southern birds without being 
alike to either. They are smaller than typical strigoides but approach them in 
size, with a wing measurement averaging 268 mm. In coloration they show the 
fine markings and pale coloration of the northern ones, but these are washed 
with bold black markings and the mantle is beautifully tawny. Wherever 
they are placed they stand out so that they must be subspecific ally separated. 
The name is 
Podargus strigoides cornwalU Mathews. Mackay, Queensland. 
The remainder of the northern birds agree very closely in coloration but 
can be separated by measurement into six subspecies. This may appear to 
be subdividing too much, but I have found that a series in this species shows 
the validity of subspecies that few birds only suggest. I suppressed the Mungi 
form which I here reinstate, as the access of material indicates that it is a 
distinct form. 
I propose 
Podargus strigoides capensis subsp. n. Cape York Peninsula. 
The type is a male collected by W. R. M‘Lennan at Jardine Creek, Cape 
York, on April 29th, 1911. 
All the birds from this locality are smaller than those from more southern 
localities, the wing measurement of males being 211 millimetres, the largest 
measuring 217 mm. 
The birds from Cairns, Normanton, Alexandra, etc., I class together under 
the name 
Podargus strigoides gouldi Masters. 
The wing measurement averages 225 mm., the least wing measurement being 
222 and the largest 233 mm. Its range is the Cairns district of Queensland 
and the Gulf of Carpentaria adjacent. It is possible that longer series will enable 
the separation of the Cairns form from the inland one. The coloration varies, 
but not sufficiently to determine the subspecies with the birds at hand. 
The Melville Island subspecies, 
Podargus strigoides melvillensis Mathews, 
is a small form, averaging the same as the Cape York birds, and not a great 
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