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Prion turtur Whale Bird. 



Prion ariel Fairy Whale Bird. 



Prio7i hanhsii Bank's Whale Bird. 



Prion vittatus Broad-billed Whale Bird. 



Thalassidroma nereis Grey-backed Storm Petrel. 



Thalassidroma ivilso7iii Wilson's Storm Petrel. 



Thalassidroma melanogaster Black-bellied Storm Petrel. 



Thalassidroma leucogaster White-bellied Storm Petrel. 



Puffinuria urinatrix Diving Petrel. 



Family Pelilicanid^. 



Pelecanus conspicillatus Australian Pelican. 



Phalacrocorax 7iovce-holla7idice ... Australian Cormorant. 



Phalacrocorax leucogaster White-breasted Cormorant. 



Phalacrocorax melanoleucus Little Cormorant. 



Sula australis Australian Gannet. 



Family Podicipid^. 



Podiceps australis Diver. 



Podiceps poliocephalus Grey-headed Diver. 



Podiceps gularis Black- throated Diver. 



Family Spheniscid^. 



Eudyptes chrysocome Crested Penguin. 



Spheniscus minor Little Penguin. 



Sphe7iiscus U7idina Fairy Penguin. 



Of the above list, forty-three are roaming sea birds, only 

 twenty- six kinds are peculiar to the island, and six of these 

 are very doubtful specnes, so that we cannot put down more 

 than twenty birds, so limited in their habitat. 



The most interesting of them are the large Gill-bird AntJio- 

 clicera inauris ; the Tasmanian Parrakeet, Platycercus flavi- 

 ventris ; the large Quail, Synoicus dimenensis ; and the great 

 Water-hen, Tribonyx tnoi'tierii. 



The reptiles, as might be expected from a cold climate, are 

 few in number. I do not think that Tasmania furnishes more 

 than two or three species to the Australian fauna. The well 

 known Hiriidia wliiteii, the peculiar Omolepida casuarince, a 

 Grammatopliora, two small species of HinulicB, and a Cyclodus 

 (Cyclodus niyr Gluteus), allied to our " Sleeping Lizard," are all 

 the saurians known to exist there. 



No tortoise inhabits the Tasmanian streams. Snakes abound, 

 but the number of species is limited to two highly venomous 



