and Paleontology of Victoria. 
12. Fam. Gruide. 
Grus australasianus. 
14. Fam. Ardeide. 
Ardea pacifica. 
- Herodias alba. 
egrettoides. 
— garzetta. 
_ Demiegretta Grayi. 
Nycticorax caledonicus. 
Botaurus poiciloptilus. 
- Butoroides flavicollis. 
Ardetta pusilla. 
15. Fam. Railide. 
Porphyrio melanotus. 
Tribonyx ventralis. 
Gallinula tenebrosa. 
Fulica australis. 
Hypotenidia philippensis. 
Rallus brachypus. 
Porzana fluminea. 
palustris. 
—— tabuensis. 
Ord. V. NATATORES. 
1. Fam. Anatide. 
Chenopsis atrata. 
Cereopsis Novee Hollandiz. 
Anseranas melanoleuca. 
Chlamydochen jubata. 
‘Casarca tadornoides. 
Anas superciliosa. 
punctata. 
Stictonetta nzevosa. 
Spatula rhynchotis. 
alacorhynchus membranaceus. 
Dendrocygna Eytoni. 
Nyroca australis. 
Erismatura australis. 
Biziura lobata. 
2. Fam. Laride. 
Larus pacificus. 
Bruchigavia Jamesonii. 
3. Fam. Sternide. 
Sylochelidon caspia. 
Thalasseus poliocercus. 
Sternula nereis. 
Hydrochelidon leucopareia. 
4, Fam. Procellariide. 
Diomedea exulans. 
cauta. 
— culminata. 
Pheebetria fuliginosa. 
Ossifraga gigantea. 
Nectris brevicauda. 
Daption capensis. 
Prion turtur. 
Pelagodroma fregata. 
Haladroma urinatrix. 
5. Fam. Pelecanide. 
Pelecanus conspicillatus. 
Phalacrocorax Nove Hollandiz. 
leucogaster. 
— melanoleucus. 
stictocephalus. 
Plotus Nove Hollandiz. 
Tachypetes aquila. 
Sula australis. 
6. Fam. Podicipide. 
Podiceps australis. 
—— Nestor. 
—— gularis. 
7. Fam. Spheniscide. 
Eudyptula undina. 
Chrysocoma catarractes. 
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REPTILIA. 
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 (Sphargis 
coriacea), caught at Portland, on our west coast, gives the most 
southern range of the species known. Our two freshwater 
Chelonians, Chelodina oblonga and C. longicollis, are only found 
in the rivers towards the northern boundary of Victoria, where 
