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Dromiceius Vitil. 

 Menura Shaw. Menura. 

 Megapodius Tern. Greatfoot. 

 Chionis Forst. Sheath-bill. 

 Ceriopsis Lath. Helmet Goose. 

 Mycteria? Lin. Jabiru. 



Climasteris Tern. Creeper. 

 Orthonyx Tern. Straight-claw. 

 Sitella Sw. Nuthatch. 

 Dicaeum Ouv. Honey-eater. 

 Melliphaga Lewin. Honey-sucker. 

 Ptiloris SKI. Rifle Bird. 

 Ptilinopus Sw. Green Dove. 



(173.) In concluding this part of our volume, we 

 consider that the facts now stated are sufficiently strong 

 to establish the propositions with which this investi- 

 gation was commenced. We have seen, 1. That animals 

 are distributed upon a plan, sufficiently obvious in its 

 leading outlines, to be comprehended and defined ; and, 

 2. That this plan is found to harmonise, in many re- 

 markable ways, with that circular disposition which is 

 the first law of natural classification. 



