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Eulabeornis griseoventris id., ih., p. 2, 1878, " Queens- 

 land " errore=Aru Islands. 



Ardetta nigra, id., ih., p. 5, "Queensland" errore = 

 ? Aru Islands. 



Ardetta cocker elli, id., ib., " Queensland " errore=Aru 

 Islands. 



Alcyone bella, id., ih., p. 6, "Queensland" errore=Aru 

 Islands. 



Alcyone assimilis, id., ih., "Queensland" errore=Aru 

 Islands. 



Ptilonopus chrysogaster , id., ih., p. 7, " Queensland " 

 errore=Aru Islands. 



Types or substitute -types of all save Ardetta nigra in 

 the British Museum. None of these birds are of Australian 

 origin. 



With regard to the paper I previously discussed, the 

 following comments must be made. The date of publica- 

 tion I cannot exactly prove. In two bound copies of 

 the Transactions I examined this paper is not included, 

 although mentioned on p. 4 of the Report presented to 

 the Members of the Council. I observed that it consisted 

 of four pages, 9, 10, 11, 12. This pagination I now find 

 is continuous with the three papers by Diggles just 

 discussed. I conclude it must have been pubhshed in 

 1878, as in March, 1877,Castelnau and Ramsay could not 

 quote it, and a new volume commenced in 1878, so that 

 it would scarcely have come out later. A letter from 

 Dr. Longman succeeds this, but here I would note that 

 Castelnau and Ramsay's reference will anticipate Diggles', 

 as I suggested. 



Examination of Diggles' drawings shows that his 

 Guculus hrishanensis was based on the immature of 

 G. variolosus Vigors and Horsfield, and not upon the 

 immature of C. rubricatus Latham, as I concluded in 

 the paper quoted. 



Before leaving Brisbane, Dr. Longman promised to 



