618 Messrs. H. C. Robinson and W. S. Laverock on 
Queensland), that there is no change of fauna at higher 
elevations. Many species do not appear to range above 
2000 feet, while others seem to be of only exceptional 
occurrence below that elevation. 
The fauna of the Cape York Peninsula is well known to 
present well-marked Papuan affinities, as is showm by the 
occurrence of such genera as Rhododendron in plants, Syma , 
Tanysiptera, and Casuarius in birds, and Dendrolagus, 
Cuscus, and Dactylopsila in mammals. In fact, it would 
appear that the portion of Australia between Cape York 
and the mouth of the Herbert River and east of the 
watershed should be regarded as a well-marked division 
belonging quite as much to the Papuan as to the Australian 
faunal region. 
In the following list we have indicated by a * those species 
which occur only in the Cooktown Collection, while those 
which we have received from Cairns only have a f attached; 
species represented in both collections being unmarked. 
1. *Urospizias approximans (Vig. & Horsf.). 
Astur approximans Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. i. p. 126 
(1874). 
A small series of adult and immature birds. 
“ Shy and not particularly plentiful. Iris and feet yellow; 
bill black ” [Olive). 
2. *Leucospizias cinereus (Vieill.). 
Astur cinereus Sharpe, t. c. p. 117. 
Several specimens of both sexes, all of which have the 
ashy-brown semilunar marks on the feathers of the breast 
supposed to indicate immaturity. 
“ Of only occasional occurrence. Iris and feet yellow r ; 
bill black 33 [Olive). 
3. ^Erythrotriorchis radiatus (Lath.). 
Urospizias radiatus Sharpe, t. c. p. 159. 
Of this rare Goshawk we have received a single slightly 
immature male in somewhat w r orn plumage. 
fi Iris brown ; feet yellow; bill black. Birds and insects 
in crop ” [Olive). 
