Chapter XIV: Appendix: 4

CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE NORTH-EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA AND TORRES STRAIT.

Lists exhibiting the occurrence of Australian Birds in particular districts are instructive, as showing the range of species over the various parts of an extensive district, and as bearing upon, and to my mind confirming, to a certain extent, the views of those geologists who consider Australia to have formerly appeared as a cluster of three or four islands, subsequently connected since the tertiary epoch so as to form what may now be considered as a continent. With the kind assistance in determining the species of Mr. Gould, who has elsewhere published similar lists* of the birds of other parts of Australia, the annexed Catalogue has been made out. All the species contained therein have passed under my own observation, and I have distributed them in three columns; the first includes that portion of the north-east coast of Australia and its islands included between the Tropic of Capricorn and latitude 17 degrees 45 minutes south, or the parallel of the bottom of the Gulf of Carpentaria; the second comprises the remainder of the north-east coast as far to the northward as Cape York; and the third is devoted to the islands of Torres Strait, from Raine Islet to Bramble Cay. The species marked with an ? (query) are those which are probably local varieties, representatives of southern birds, showing slight differences in size, etc., yet not decided enough to be of specific value.

(*Footnote. In the works of Strzelecki and Eyre, and Introduction to the Birds of Australia. )

Ichthyaetus leucogaster 1 2 3. Haliastur leucosternmus 1 2 3. Pandion leucocephalus 1 2 3. Falco frontatus 3. Ieracidea berigora 2. Astur novae hollandiae 1 3. Astur approximans 1 2. Accipiter torquatus 1 2 3. Milvus affinis 1 2. Circus jardinii 3. Strix delicatula 1 2 3. Athene boobook 1. Athene maculata 1 2. Podargus humeralis 1. Podargus papuensis 2. Podargus marmoratus 2. Eurystopodus albogularis 2 3. Eurystopodus guttatus 1 2 3. Acanthylis caudacuta 2. Cypselus australis 2 3. Collocalia 1. Chelidon arborea 1 3. Merops ornatus 1 2 3. Dacelo leachii 1 2. Halcyon torotoro 2. Halcyon sancta 1 2 3. Halcyon sordida 1 2 3. Halcyon macleayii 1 2 3. Tanysiptera sylvia 2. Alcyone azurea 2. Alcyone pusilla 1 2. Artamus leucopygialis 1 2 3. Dicaeum hirundinaceum 1 2 3. Cracticus nigrogularis 1 2. Cracticus quoyii 1 2. Grallina australis 2. Grauculus melanops 1 2 3. Grauculus hypoleucus 2. Grauculus swainsonii 2. Campephaga karu 1 2 3. Pachycephala melanura 2 3. Colluricincla brunnea 1 2 3. Colluricincla harmonica 2. Dicrurus bracteatus 1 2 3. Rhipidura rufifrons 2. Seisura inquieta 1 2 3. Piezorhynchus nitidus 1 2 3. Myiagra concinna 1 2 3. Myiagra latirostris 1 2. Monarcha trivirgata 1 2 3. Monarcha leucotis 1 2. Arses kaupii 2. Petroica bicolor ? 2 3. Machaerirhynchus flaviventris 2. Drymodes superciliosa 2. Malurus amabilis 2. Malurus brownii 1. Sphenoeacus galactotes 2 3. Cysticola lineocapilla 1 2 3. Sericornis maculata ? 2. Anthus australis 1 2. Estrelda bichenovii 1. Donacola castaneothorax 2 3. Pitta strepitans 1 2 3. Chlamydera nuchalis 1. Chlamydera cerviniventris 2 3. Oriolus assimilis 2. Oriolus flavocinctus 2. Sphecotheres flaviventris 2. Aplonis metallica 2. Chalybaeus cornutus 2. Corvus coronoides 1 2 3. Ptilotis chrysotis 1 2 3. Ptilotis filigera 2. Ptilotis 2. Entomophila 1. Tropidorhynchus argenticeps 2. Tropidorhynchus 2. Myzomela erythrocephala 2 3. Myzomela obscura 1 2 3. Nectarinia australis 1 2 3. Zosterops luteus 1 2 3. Cuculus cineraceus 1. Cuculus insperatus 1. Chrysococcyx lucidus 1 2. Endynamys flindersii 1 2 3. Centropus phasianus 1 2 3. Ptiloris victoriae 1. Ptiloris magnifica 2. Cacatua galerita 1 2 3. Microglossus aterrimus 2. Calyptorhynchus banksii 1. Aprosmictus erythropterus ? 1 2. Platycercus palliceps ? 2. Melopsittacus undulatus 1. Trichoglossus swainsonii 1 3. Trichoglossus rubritorquis 2. Ptilonopus ewingii 1 2. Ptilonopus superbus 2 3. Carpophaga luctuosa 1 2 3. Carpophaga puella 2. Lopholaimus antarcticus 2. Chalcophaps chrysochlora 1 2. Phaps elegans 1. Geopelia humeralis 1 2 3. Geopelia tranquilla 1 2 3. Macropygia phasianella ? 1. Talegalla lathami 1 2. Megapodius tumulus 1 2 3. Turnix melanota 1 2 3. Coturnix pectoralis 2. Synoicus australis 1 2 3. Synoicus sinensis 3. Dromaius novae hollandiae 1 2. Otis australasiana 1. Esacus magnirostris 1 2 3. Oedicnemus grallarius 1. Hoematopus longirostris 1 2 3. Hoematopus fuliginosus 1 2 3. Sarciophorus pectoralis 1. Charadrius xanthocheilus 1 2 3. Hiaticula bicincta 1. Hiaticula ruficapilla 1 2 3. Hiaticula inornata 2 3. Limosa uropygialis 1 2 3. Schoeniclus australis 1 2 3. Schoeniclus albescens 1 2 3. Actitis empusa 1 2. Glottis glottoides 1 2 3. Strepsilas interpres 1 2 3. Numenius australis 1 2 3. Numenius uropygialis 1 2 3. Numenius minutus 2. Threskiornis strictipennis 2. Grus australasianus 1 2. Mycteria australis 2. Ardea Pacifica 2. Ardea novae hollandiae 1. Herodias jugularis 1 2 3. Herodias greyii 1 2 3. Herodias plumifera 2 3. Herodias syrmatophora 3. Nycticorax caledonicus 1 2 3. Ardetta flavicollis 1 2. Ardetta stagnatilis 2 3. Porphyrio melanota 3. Rallus pectoralis 1 2 3. Porzana leucophrys 3. Tadorna radjah 1 2. Anas superciliosa 1. Anas punctata 1 2. Xema jamesonii ? 1 2 3. Sylochelidon strennuus 1 2. Thalasseus pelecanoides 1 2 3. Sterna gracilis 2. Sterna melanauchen 1 2 3. Sternula nereis 2 3. Hydrochelidon fluviatilis 2. Onychoprion fuliginosus 1 2 3. Onychoprion panaya 1 2 3. Anous stolidus 1 2 3. Anous leucocapillus 1 2 3. Puffinus sphenurus 1 3. Phalacrocorax carboides 1. Phalacrocorax melanoleucus 1 2 3. Attagen ariel 1 2 3. Phaeton phoenicurus 3. Pelecanus conspicillatus 1 2 3. Sula personata. Sula fusca 1 2 3. Sula piscator 1 2 3.

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