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2-]. Musk Duck Biziura lobata. 



28. Mutton Bird Puffinus tenuirostris. 



29. Owl (large) Strix castanops. 



30. Owl (small) Athene boobook. 



31. Parrot (green) Plat3^cercus flaviventris. 



32. Parrot (rosehill) Platycercus eximius. 



ZZ- Parrakeet (swnit) Lathamus discolor. 



34. Parrakeet (musk) Trichoglossus concinnus. 



35. Parrakeet Euphema chrysostome. 



^6. Pelican Pelicanus conspiculatus. 



yj. Penguin Spheniscus m.inor. 



38. Pewit (wattled) Lobivanellus lobatus. 



39. Bronzewinged Pigeon . . . . Phaps chalcoptera. 



40. Quail Coturnix pectoralis. 



41. Rail Rallus pectoralis. 



42. Redbreast (Robin) Petroeca phoenicea. 



43. Sandlark Hiaticula ruficapilla. 



44. Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax corboides. 



45. White-breasted Cormorant . Phalacrocorax leucogaster. 



46. Sw^allow Hirundo neoxena. 



47. Swan (black) Chenopis atrata. 



48. Thrush (spotted) Cinclosoma punctatum. 



49. Thrush (dense forest) . . . . Geocichla macrorhyncha. 



50. Wattle Bird Acanthochaera inauris. 



51. Wattle Bird (smaller) . . . . Acanthochaera mellivora. 



52. Wren (blue headed) Malurus longicaudus. 



53. Red Bill Haematopus fulginosus. 



As already stated it seems a large number, but if we 

 go through the list we find that it practically contains all 

 the more common birds of Tasmania. No doubt most of 

 them, in particular the sea birds, supplied the eggs, and 

 if the birds were caught they were eaten just as well, as 

 the remains in Rocky Cape cave prove. The most im- 

 portant bird was, however, the emu, which formed one of 

 the staple articles of their diet. 



5.— PISCES. 

 ( )id}; five species are mentioned: — 



1. Eel Anguilla australis. 



2. Flounder Rhombsolea monopus. 



3. Ray (Stingaree) Urolophus cruciatus. 



4. Seahorse Hippocampus abdominalis. 



5. Shark Genus uncertain. 



All authors agree that fish did not form one of the 

 articles of their diet, and it is hardly to be wondered at 

 that only such a small number were named. It is interest- 

 ing to note that the same words are used for " flounder " 

 and the stinging ray, namely, lerunna (flounder) and 

 leranna (ray). The last-named fish was one of those they 



