GENERAL ZOOLOGY. 



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The explanation of the following table^ has already been given : — 



Haliastur sphenurus, VieiUot 



Haliaitus leucogaster, Latham 



*J^inox boobook, Latham 



*Halcyon vagans. Lesson 



*Zo8tei'ops strenuus, Gould 



*Zosterops tephropleui'us, Qoidd 



*tCTerygone Tliorpei, Eamsai/ 



*Gerygone insularis, Ramsay 



*Menila riuitincta, Gould 



*Rhipidura cervina, Bamsay 



Mjiagra plumbea, V. Sf F. 



Eurystonnis pacificus, Latham 



*Pachycepbala gutturalis, Latham 



Pachycepliala rufiventri?, Latham 



*Aplonis fuscus, Gould 



*Strepera ci'issalis, Sharpe , 



*tCiiculu9 inornatus Gould 



Cuculus flabclliformis, Latham 



Chalcitcs lueidus, Gml 



*Chalcopbaps chrysoclora, Wagler 



*Chai'adrius xanthocheilus, Gould , 



*tNumenius uropygialis, Gould 



*Limosa iiropygialis, Goidd 



.^gialitis bicinctus, J", cf S, 



Cinclus interpres, Linn 



Ardetta minuta, Linn 



*tAi'dea noTa?-hollandiffi, Latham (^) 



Nycticorax caledonicus, Latham 



Porphyrio mcbanotus, Tern 



Notornis alba, White 



*Ocydromus sylrestris, Sclater 



Anas siiperciliosa, Gmel 



*Prion tiirtur, Smith 



t^Puninus sphenurus, Goidd 



J*Pufrinus brevieaudus, Brandt 



*Anous cinereus, Goidd 



*Anous stolidus, Latham 



*Onychoprion fuliginosus, Gmel 



*P]ia?ton pbtenicurus, Gould (-) 



*tSula cyanops, Sand. (^) 



+*Procellaria, sp. (^) 



Birds introduced, now wild — 



Rallus pectoralis, Gould 



Birds reported to visit or to have existed — 



Pelecanus, sp 



Platycercus, sp 



(') To this table may now be added Graculits hypoJevcrs and Hiinantopiis leucocephalus. (*) Seen, 

 but not captured. (^) Sulci fiber. {*) The younj? only obtained. 



In the more recently published " Tabular List of Australian Birds," by Dr. E. P. Ramsa.y, some chanpfes 

 have been made in the nomenclature. Thus : The bird hitherto known as Ninnx boobook is regarded as 

 distinct from that species, and is described as N. albaria, Ramsay ; Myiagra phtmbca becomes M. rubecula, 

 Latham; Cuculus iuoniatus becomes Cacomaiitln x>allidii.'^, Latham; C. flabeHiformis is now known as 

 Cacomantixjlabt'Uifonins, Latham ; Chaldtes lucidux, Gnil., is a synonym of C. pUigosus, Latham ; PxifliHua 

 hreviciiuhiK, Brandt, is now referred to the genus Ncctris ; I'hceton pha'nicurus, Gould, is now P. rnbri- 

 cauda, Bodd.; and Ip.stly, Iialh(S pectoralis, is now entered as Hypotcenidia philippensU, Linn. The 

 following additional birds are mentioned -.—Circris Gviildii, Bp.; Majaqi'.e%is Goxddii, Hutton ; Graculus 

 tnelanoliiucus, VieiUot ; and Himantoptis leucocephalus. 



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