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558. Turnix melanotics has been secured both in Victoria and 

 South Australia, Dr. Ramsay notwithstanding. 



563. Coturnix pectoralis. All of us are liable to error, but we 

 do not doubt that eminent authority Gould, when he says he 

 ■obtained specimens of this well-known quail from West 

 Australia. Dr. Ramsay has overlooked the fact. 



575. Hcemcdopns longirostris may be recorded for North-West 

 Australia, since I have received eggs of this oyster-catcher from 

 King Sound. 



578 and 580. Lohivanellus lohatus and Sarciophorus pectoralis. 

 Both these plover are well known to Tasmania ; neverdieless, 

 Dr. Ramsay has omitted such prominent objects. 



583. Eudromias Australis. Eggs of this dottrel have been 

 received from West Australia by me. 



598. Actiturus longicaiidus . Bartram's sandpiper several times 

 has been taken lately in South Australia; also (602) Trmga 

 ■cinerea. 



606. Glareola grallaria. This pratincole may be recorded for 

 Rockingham Bay district, Victoria, and South Australia, since it 

 has been observed in all these localities. 



609 and 610. Cladorhynchiis pectoralis and Himantopus leuco- 

 cephalus. These interesting waders are undoubtedly amongst the 

 avi-fauna of Tasmania, although evidently not to the knowledge 

 of Dr. Ramsay. 



611. Limosa melanuroides. The black-tailed godwit has been 

 taken in Victoria and South Australia. 



624. Xenorhynchus asiaticus. Examples of the jabiru have 

 been received at the Adelaide Museum from the interior. 



634. Demiegretta sacra. Both the blue variety and the white 

 of the reef herons I have seen on Phillip Island, Victoria, and 

 possess their eggs from the north-west coast of Tasmania. The 

 birds were reported for the first as Tasmanian in the Naturalist, 

 the journal of this Club, April, 1885. 



636. Nycticorax caledoniciis. If we are to believe Gould, the 

 night heron is found in West Australia, for he says the aborigines 

 of the lowland districts of that colony call the bird " gnal-gan- 

 ning." 



650. Hypotcenidia philippensis. The omission of the common 

 pictoral rail from the Tasmanian column by Dr. Ramsay must 

 surely be a clerical error, for I cannot believe it was omitted 

 ignorantly, seeing it is such a familiar bird on the island, and 

 possessing, as it does, such a vast range, not only over the whole 

 continent of Australia, but also over New Zealand and many 

 other islands of the Pacific. 



659, 660, 666, 667. Anscanas melaiioleuca, Branta jiibata, 

 Dendrocygiia eytoni, and Stidonetta ncevosa. All these swimmers 

 have been noted in Tasmania. The last three appear on 



