Australian Museum Journal On a new sub-species of Psophodes crepitans
- Shortform:
- North, 1897, Rec. Aust. Mus. 3(1): 13
- Author(s):
- North, Alfred J.
- Year published:
- 1897
- Title:
- On a new sub-species of Psophodes crepitans
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 1
- Start page:
- 13
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.3.1897.1119
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 07 January 1897
- Cover date:
- 07 January 1897
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Digitized:
- 09 October 2008
- Reference number:
- 1119
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (71kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (180kb PDF)
Abstract
For many years past I have known that the specimens of Psophodes collected by Messrs. Cairn & Grant in 1887 and 1889 at Boar Pocket, North-eastern Queensland, were different in several respects from the P. crepitans, inhabiting New South Wales and Victoria. While lately examining the Reference Collection I 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.