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4. Casuarius australis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 



1857, p. 270 (North Queensland). 

 The Type specimen, according to Gould, was lost. 



5. Megapodius tumulus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 'Lond.) 



1842, p. 20 (Coburg Peninsula). 

 ]2770 (833), & Port Essington=Type. 



7. Leipoa ocellata Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 

 1840, p. 126, 1841. 



13615 (836), <J, "South Australia" = West Aus- 

 tralia == Type. 

 The type-locality is Swan River, West Australia, but 

 all three of the specimens in the Gould collection are 

 marked " S. Australia," which, as explained above, has 

 been due to an error in transcribing the data. 



12. Cotuknix pectoralis Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., 

 Pt. II., PI. 29, 1837. 

 12307 (1085), & South Australia, 

 This specimen agrees well with the description, but the 

 type-locality given by Gould is New South Wales. 



14. Synoicus sordidus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 



1847, p. 33. 



12327 (1073), South Australia =Type. 



15. Synoicus diemenensis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



(Lond.) 1847, p. 33. 



12326 (1074), $. Tasmania = Type. 



16. Synoicus cervinus Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., 



Vol. II., p. 195, 1865 (Port Essington). 

 Type in the British Museum (Cat. Birds, Vol. XXII. , 

 1893, p. 248). 



19. Excalfactoria australis Gould, Handb. Birds 

 Austr., Vol. II., p. 197, 1865. 

 Three specimens of this bird are in the Gould Collec- 

 tion, all labelled E. chinensis. 



12336 (1070), $, South Australia, may be regarded 

 as the Type. 



