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The genus Imbricaria was first described by Schumacher in 1817, 

 since then Swainson has caused great confusion by the use of the 

 following generic names : — 



Conoelix, Swainson, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1833, p. 197. 



Concehelix, Swainson Malocology, 1840, p. 127, 128, 129, 133. 



Conceive „ „ „ p. 318, 321. 



Conohelix, Callow and Reeve, Conchologists, Nomenclator, 1845, 

 p. 296. 



,, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1847, p. 142. 



Conohcelix, Sower by, Thes. Conch., vol. 4, Mitra p. 14. 



Remarks on the large number of Game Birds which have of late 

 been offered for sale in Sydney — by E. Pierson Ramsay, 

 F.L.S., Curator of the Australian Museum, Sydney. 



During the last month or so the amount of game exhibited in 

 the Sydney markets, and at the stalls of the various dealers and 

 poultrymen throughout the city, is somewhat remarkable, especi- 

 ally when we are so accustomed to hear the oft-repeated, hackneyed 

 expression that there is " little or no game to be found in Aus- 

 tralia." People were beginning to believe this, as they did the 

 absurd statements that our Australian flowers had no scent, and 

 our birds no song. It is gratifying to find that such large quanti- 

 ties of game can be found when there is a sufficient demand for it. 

 I find that most of the game has been obtained from Melbourne 

 side, having been shot on the extensive lakes and lagoons in the 

 neighbourhood of Ballarat, &c, and from whence they are for- 

 warded per rail to Melbourne. Lake Burrumbeet and some 

 lagoons in that vicinity are at present swarming with wild fowl ; 

 but, nearer home, we find Lake George and Lake Bathurst 

 equally well stocked, the lakes and extensive swamps and lagoons 

 in the Ulawarra district also, particularly about Shoalhaven, 

 are supplying Sydney with large quantities, while a few come 

 from the Hunter and Paterson districts. The game birds usually 



