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1847 the parts in the British Museum have dates of receipt 

 upon them as follows : No. 1, April 17, 1845 ; No. 2, May 28, 

 1845 ; No. 3, August 5, 1845 ; No. 6, Feb. 2, 1846 ; No. 8 

 (and 9), April 22, 1846 ; and Nos. 9-12, Feb. 8, 1847. At 

 this point it is marked " All pubhshed," but we have given 

 details of Parts 13/14, and there is a record of sixteen parts 

 which we have been unable to confirm. 



As a synonym (in Part V.) of Anseranus Lesson appears 

 Chenogeranus Brown, and (in Part VII.) as a synonym of 

 Biziura Leach is cited Pileata Brown and in Part VIII. a 

 new genus of Aquihne birds is fully described as Hamirostra 

 Brown. 



As an example of the style may be cited the novelty : 



Genus Hamwostra Brown. 



Bill lengthened, and moderately deep at the base. Culmen 

 gradually bending from the base to the point, which terminates 

 in an acute incurved tip ; lateral margins nearly parallel 

 and even, with an almost obsolete festoon towards the point ; 

 under mandible narrow, with the gonys sMghtly bent. Cere 

 very long, covering fully hah" the length of the bill, and partially 

 covered with bristled plumes. Nostrils oblong-ovate, obhquely 

 transverse, and situate near the margin of the cere. Tarsi 

 short and robust, partially concealed above with the lengthened 

 tibial plumes, and entirely covered with rather large irregular 

 scales. Toes rather lengthened, the lateral ones unequal, 

 the outer being slender and longest, the inner one very robust, 

 aU of them, as well as the hallux, covered above to the base 

 with large broad transverse scuteUiform scales, and below 

 with small papillose ones. Hallux very robust, longer than 

 the inner toe, and furnished with a very large shghtly-hooked 

 claw. Claws of moderate size and a little bent. Wings very 

 long, extending beyond the point of the tail ; the second, 

 third, and fourth quiUs nearly equal and longest. Tail rather 

 short, very broad, and a little rounded at its point. 



I have founded this genus on a single species, and it is a 

 medium-sized Eagle, It is a native of New Holland, and 

 locates on mountains in the neighbourhood of lakes and rivers. 



