326 Mr. E. P. Ramsay’s Additional List 
and others, which will be found in the following list, in which 
the numbers prefixed to the names of the species run on from 
my former communication. The nomenclature here used is that 
of Mr. Gould’s ‘ Handbook to the Birds of Australia,’ to which 
references are added. 
46. Astur approximans (Vigors and Horsfield) ? H. B. A. 
i. p. 41. 
This is either a very peculiar variety or a new species. I am 
more inclined to consider it distinct upon comparing it with like 
specimens procured by Mr. G. Masters, and now in the Collection 
of the Australian Museum. 
47. Spiloglaux boobook (Latham). H. B. A. i. p. 74. 
Not rare, but by no means plentiful. 
48. Podargus strigoides (Latham). H. B. A. i. p. 84. 
A much smaller specimen than is usually procured in New 
South Wales. It might be P . phalanoides; but so much con¬ 
fusion exists between these two species, that, after spending the 
greater part of two days in trying to identify its species, I put 
it down as above. 
49. Eurystopodus albogularis (Vigors and Horsfield). 
H. B. A. i. p. 96. 
Common at times, though Mr. Rainbird tells me he met with 
only one specimen last year (1865). Towards the end of 1864 
he sent down ten specimens, all from the same locality; and he 
also forwarded me a broken egg taken from a female which he 
was skinning. I am afraid it was hardly fit for laying, as the 
markings were very indistinct. It appears to have been about IT 
inch long by *75 inch wide, and is spotted pretty equally all over 
with reddish-brown and pale lilac. In shape it closely resembles 
eggs of Caprimulgus asiaticus which I received in a collection 
from Ceylon in 1863 ; the markings are also diffused over the 
surface of the shell in the same style. 
50. Merops ornatus, Latham. H. B. A. i. p. 117. 
Specimens from Port Denison are somewhat smaller than those 
from New South Wales. 
