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THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 



157 



Rallus 



71 





Scopus 





See 61 above. 



Hcematopus 



70 





Cancroma 



60 





Platalea 



64 





Scolopax 



69 



Two sections : 



Mycteria 



62 





Ibis 





Missing. 



Tantalus 



63 





Macrotarsus 





Missing. 



Hydrogallina 



1 72 



Two sections: 



Fulica 





Jacana 





Missing. 



Parra 



73 





Phalaropus 



68 





Gharadrius 



66,67 



Cuvier added 

 Tringa, Tc 



Otis 



52 





Struthio 



53 





Touyou 



54 





Rhea 



55 





Dddus 



56 





Scolopax and Numenius. 



Fulica and Gallinula. 



This table provided by Cuvier was given as a Key to his 

 Tabl. Elem. de l'Hist. Nat. Anim., published in January, 1798. 

 The close concordance between the two suggest that Lacepede, 

 in all probability with Cuvier's assent, prepared his scheme 

 from Cuvier's work. This seems justified by Cuvier's accept- 

 ance of the names, first published by Lacepede, in his later 

 work, and his further usage of others in his Regne Animal. 

 DaudinintheHist. Nat. (Buffon) Ed. Didot (Quadr., Vol. XIV.), 

 1801-2, gave a list of the birds figured in that work, using 

 Lacepede's system in its entirety. As, however, no figure 

 of the species of Prion or Pelecanoides occurred in that work, 

 these have no place in this volume. 



Though this is one of the most important papers showing 

 generic diagnoses without citation of species, the decision 

 of the Committee should be of a general character so that 



