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Results are reported for digicon spectrophotometric observations of the radio source 0938+119, which was originally classified as a faint red galaxy. A prism spectrum of the source is presented along with the corresponding sky measurement, and several features of the spectrum are described. It is shown that this source is a QSO with a magnitude of 20.1, a redshift z = 3.19, and a spectrum similar to that of OH 471 or 4C 05.34. The question of whether other faint high-redshift QSOs have been misclassified as galaxies is considered.

The paper presents spectrophotometric observations of 76 optical objects identified with radio sources from the MC2 and MC3 catalogs. Line intensities, equivalent widths, line widths, and optical spectral indices are presented for 44 objects confirmed as quasi-stellar objects. The statistical and physical properties of the Molonglo sample are briefly discussed.