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12. Fam. Gruida. 

 Grus australasianus. 



14. Fam. ArdeidtB. 



Ardea pacifica. 

 Hei'odias alba. 



egrettoides. 



• • garzetta. 



Demiegretta Grayi. 

 N}fcticorax caledoiiious. 

 Botaurus poiciloptilus. 

 Butoroides flavicollis. 

 Ardetta pusilla, 



15. Fam. Ralllda. 



Porpliyrio melanotus. 

 Tribonyx ventralis. 

 Gallinula tenebrosa. 

 Fulica australis. 

 Hypotseuidia phiHppcnsis. 

 Rallus brachypus. 

 Porzana fluminea. 



palustris. 



tabuensis. 



Ord. V. Natatores. 



1. Fam. Anatidce. 



Chenopsis atrata. 

 Cereopsis Novae Hollandiae. 

 Anseranas melanoleuca. 

 Chlamydochen jubata. 

 Casarca tadonioides. 

 Anas superciliosa. 



punctata. 



Stictonetta najvosa. 

 Spatula rhynchotis. 

 Malacorhynchus membranaceus. 

 Dendrocygna Eytoni. 

 Nyroca australis. 

 Erismatura australis. 

 Biziura lobata. 



2. Fam. Laridce. 



Larus pacificus. 

 Bruchigavia Jamesonii. 



3. Fam. Sternidce. 



Sylochelidon caspia. 

 Thalasseus poliocercus. 

 Sternula nereis. 

 Hydrochelidon leucojiareia. 



4. Fam. Procelluriida:. 



Diomedea exulans. 



cauta. 



culminata. 



Phcebetria fuligiuosa. 

 Ossifraga gigantea. 

 Nectris brevicauda. 

 Daption capensis. 

 Prion turtur. 

 Pelagodroma fregata. 

 Haladroma urinatrix. 



5. Fam. PelecanidcB. 



Pelecanus conspieillatus. 

 Phalacrocorax Novae Ilollaudiac. 



leucogaster. 



melanoleucus. 



stictocephalus. 



Plotus Novae IloUandiae. 

 Tachypetes aquila. 

 Sula australis. 



6. Fam. Podicipidcs. 



Podiceps australis. 



Nestor. 



gularis. 



7. Fam. Spheniscida, 



Eudyptula undina. 

 Chrysocoma catarractes. 



EEPTILIA. 



Of this division of the animal kingdom there are scarcely any 

 Victorian forms of economic importance. The edible " green " 

 turtle {Chelonia viridis) is a very rare visitor to our shores, two 

 examples being all that I have any knowledge of, both now in 

 the museum. An example of the leathery turtle {Sphartjis 

 coriacea), caught at Portland, on our west coast, gives the most 

 southern range of the species known. Our two freshwater 

 Clielonians, Chelodina ohlonga and C longicollis, are only found 

 in the rivers towards the northern boundary of Victoria, where 



