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INTRODUCTION 



Dendrocygna validipennis (De Vis) 



.... Queensland. 



Branta hypsibata Cope 



.... Oregon. 



Branta propinqua Schufeldt 



.... Oregon. 



Anser scaldii Van Beneden 



.... Belgium. 



Anser sp. Lydekker 



.... England. 



Anser coudoni Schufeldt .... 



.... Oregon. 



Cygnus sp. Lydekker 



.... Malta. 



Cygnus falconeri Parker .... 



.... Malta. 



Palaeopelargus nobilis De Vis 



.... Queensland. 



Prociconia lydekkeri Ameghino 



.... Brazil. 



Platibis subtenuis De Vis 



.... Queensland. 



Grus proavus Marsh 



.... New Jersey. 



Grus melitensis Lydekker .... 



.... Malta. 



Grus turf a Portis 



.... Italy. 



Grus primigenia Milne Edwards .... 



.... France. 



Fwlica prior De Vis 



.... Queensland. 



Fulica pisana Portis 



.... Italy. 



Porphyrio mackintoshi De Vis 



.... Queensland. 



Gallinula strenuipes De Vis 



.... Queensland. 



Gallinula peralata De Vis.... 



.... Queensland. 



Microtribonyx effluxus De Vis 



.... Queensland. 



Progura gallinacea De Vis 



.... Queensland. 



Columba melitensis Lydekker 



.... Malta. 



Lithophaps ulnaris De Vis 



.... Queensland. 



G alius sp. Lydekker 



.... New Zealand. 



Gallus sp. Lydekker 



.... Central Germany. 



Phasianus sp. Lydekker 



.... Germany. 



Perdix sp. Issel 



.... Italy. 



Tetrao sp. Issel 



.... Italy. 



Metapteryx bifrons De Vis .... 



.... Queensland. 



Dromaius queenslandiae (De Vis).... 



.... Queensland. 



Dromaius gracilipes (De Vis) 



.... Queensland. 



Dromaius patricius (De Vis) 



.... East Australia. 



Genyornis newtoni Sterling & Zeitz 



.... South Australia. 



Casuarius lydekkeri nom. nov. 





" The distal extremity of the tibio-tarsus is narrow, without a semilunar 

 pit on the lateral surface of the ectocondyle, and with a very deep extensor 

 groove " (Lydekker, Cat. Fossil B. Brit. Mus., p. 353). 



