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APPENDIX. 



No authentic information has yet been recorded of the breeding 

 of the following species in Australia, many of which are only 

 occasional visitors to our shores, although it may be only question 

 of time, for when the vast breeding-grounds in the back waters 

 and reed beds of some of our inland rivers and lakes, are properly 

 explored, the nests and eggs of several recorded here will probably 

 be found. The young of Ibis falcinellus have been found in a very 

 early stage of plumage in the Interior, and in December 1888, I 

 saw a young bird in the Sydney market obtained near Brisbane a 

 few days before. Herodias alba and several others may also be 

 found breeding. 



In this list I have given the locality or country where authentic 

 eggs of each species have been taken, and a reference showing 

 where an accurate description of each may be found. Australian 

 Oologists are greatly indebted to the researches of Messrs. 

 Seebohm and Harvie-Brown, and especially to Mr. Allan Hume, 

 who in his work on the " Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds," gives 

 a most interesting account of the nidification of many birds which 

 are visitors to Australia. Coming nearer home the labours of 

 Sir Walter BuUer, Professor Hutton, and the late Mr. T. H. Potts, 

 have contributed largely to a knowledge of the breeding and habits 

 of the birds of New Zealand, a country closely connected with 

 Australia as regards its marine avi-fauna ; many of which breed 

 there and farther south, and which are also residents or visitors to 

 Australia. Dr. W. M. Crowfoot has also contributed an 

 interesting paper on the breeding of certain sfea birds frequenting 

 Norfolk Island and the adjacent islets, many of which are found 

 inhabiting our coasts. 



In conclusion I have to acknowledge my indebtedness to the 

 authorities above quoted, from which the localities are taken, 

 and to whose works I would refer anyone requiring a full account 

 of the nidification, eggs, and habits of these species, 

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