EEFERENCE NOTES. 



1. On the authority of Wallace. It would appear, however, from the 

 observations of Taczanowski (" Oniithologie du Perou," vol. i, p. 321, 1S84), 

 that the bird is less rare in the region indicated than has been generally 

 supposed. 



2. Joittclcs, " Verhandl. d. zool. bot. Gcsell. VTien," 1862, p. 262. 



, 3. To this list might also be added the chipmunk, Arctic hare, lynx, wolf, 

 walrus, several seals, &c. 



4. Allen, " North American Pinnipeds," pp. 609 et seq. 



5. Allen, " North American Rodentia," " U. S. Geol. Survey," vol. xi. 



6. " Monograph of the Strepomatida;," p. xli, Smithson. Misc. Pub., 253. 



7. " Island Life," pp. 20-22. 



8. Seebohm, "Catalogue of Birds," British Museum, v, p. 328. 



8a. Since the preparation of the text a large number of additional 

 species, and several genera, of paradise-birds have been described from New 

 Guinea by Finscb, Meyer, Forbes, and others. 



9. The family comprises some thirty-5ve or more species (Beddome, 

 "Ann. Mag. Nat. History," January, 1886). 



10. Gray, "Catalogue of Edentate Mammalia," British Museum, 1869, 

 p. 389. 



11. Brehm, " Thierleben," i, p. 391. 



12. "Ceylon," ii, p. 287. 



12a. " Proc. /ool. Soe.," London, pp. 221, 222. 



13. Newton, " Encycl. Brit.," article " Humming-Bird," ninth ed., xii, 

 p. 859. 



14. Mosenthal and Ilarting, " Ostriches and Ostrich Farming," p. 28, 



15. " Geograph. Distrib. of Animals," ii, p. 330. 



16. Lyell, " Principles of Geology," eleventh ed., ii, p. 369, 



17. " Encycl. Brit.," ninth cd., iii, p. 461, 



18. Lyell, " Principles of Geology," eleventh ed., ii, p. 866, 



