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ston (Hobart Town), and the Rev. J. E. Tenlson Woods 

 (Sydney). I am indebted to Profs. Owen, F.R.S., T. Rupert 

 Jones, F.R.S., G. Busk, F.R.S., P. M. Duncan, F.R.S., H. A. 

 Nicholson, F.G.S., and G. S. Brady, Messrs T. Davidson, F.R.S., 

 W. Carruthers, F.R.S., and H. B. Brady, F.R.S., Drs R. H. 

 Traquair, F.G.S., H. Woodward, F.R.S., and I. B. Balfour, F.G.S., 

 for information connected with their special subjects. To 

 Messrs G. Sharman, E. T. Newton, F.G.S., and R. B. Newton 

 {Mus. Fract. Geology), W. S. Dallas {Geol. Soc. Lond.), and 

 C. O. Waterhouse {Brit Mus), I am indebted for assistance in 

 unravelling obscure points in synonymy. Prof. L. G. de Ko- 

 ninck has placed me under many obligations by his courtesy 

 in forwarding advanced proofs of his fine work on the Australian 

 Palaeozoic Fossils, by means of which I have been able to 

 complete the Catalogue at a much earlier date than other- 

 wise could have been done. 



Through the kindness of Prof Geikie, F.R.S., I have had 

 afforded me the opportunity of consulting a large number of 

 works in the Library of the University of Edinburgh ; and I 

 am also under obligations for literary assistance to Prof F. W. 

 Rudler, F.G.S., and Messrs W. Rupert Jones {Geol. Soc. Lond.), 

 H. B. Wheatley {E. Soc. Lond.), T. W. Newton {R. School 

 Mines), R. Kippist {Linn. Soc. Lond.), J. Gordon {R. Soc. 

 Edinh), and F. H. Waterhouse (Zool. Soc. Lond). Lastly, the 

 encouragement afforded me by my kind friends Dr J. J. Bigsby, 

 F.R.S., and Mr R. L. Jack, F.G.S. (Brisbane), and my father, 

 has assisted me to surmount many difficulties. 



To the liberality and consideration of the Syndics of the 

 Cambridge University Press the publication of the Catalogue of 

 Australian Fossils is due, whilst to my friend the Rev. Professor 

 T. G. Bonney, F.G.S., my warmest thanks must be tendered 

 for bringing the manuscript under their notice. 



Edinburgh, July, 1878. 



