TABLE OF THE RANGE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES. 
Name of Species. 
South-eastern 
portion of Au- 
stralia or New 
South Wales. 
South 
Australia. 
Swan River 
or Western 
Australia. 
Northern 
Australia. 
V an Die- 
men's Land. 
Extra Australian. 
Number of Volume 
and Plate. 
Phcilcicrocorcix leucog^cistcr^ Gould 
# 
Vol. VII. PI. 
69. 
■ melanoleucus, Vieill. 
* 
* 
* 
* 
70. 
New Zealand . 
71. 
Attagen Ariel, Gould ..... 
* 
* 
72. 
Aqiiila? 
* 
Intro., p. c. 
Phaeton phoenicuriis 
* 
# 
Vol. VII. PI. 
73. 
Pelecanus conspicillatus, Temm. . . 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
74. 
Plotus Novae-HoUandise, Gould . 
# 
75. 
Sula AustraliSj Gould 
* 
* 
* 
# 
76. 
personata, Gould 
* 
* 
77. 
78. 
* 
79. 
Podiceps Australis, Gould .... 
* 
* 
* 
* 
80. 
gularis, Gould .... 
* 
* 
81. 
poliocephalus, Jard. 8f Selb. 
* 
* 
* 
* 
82. 
The I. of Tristan 
* 
1 D'Acnnha, St. 
1 Paul's and Am- 
83. 
sterdam 
Spheniscus minor, Temm 
* 
* 
* 
84. 
1 
* 
85. 
On a review of the above Table it will be seen that 385 species inhabit New South Wales, 289 South Australia, 
243 Western Australia, 230 Northern Australia, and 181 Van Diemen's Land; and that of these, 88 are peculiar to New 
South Wales ; 16 to South Australia ; 36 to Western Australia ; 105 to Northern Australia, and 32 to Van Diemen's Land. 
The great excess in the number of species inhabiting New South Wales is doubtless attributable to the singular belt of 
luxuriant vegetation, termed brushes, which stretches along the southern and south-eastern coasts between the ranges and the 
sea, and which is tenanted by a fauna peculiaiiy its own. 
Although this part of the continent is inhabited by a larger number of species than any other, it is a remarkable fact that 
the species peculiar to Northern Australia are much more numerous than those peculiar to New South Wales. 
It is curious to observe also, that Avhile Southern Australia is inhabited by a much larger number of species than Western 
Australia, those peculiar to the former are not half so numerous as those peculiar to the latter. 
The more southern position, and consequently colder climate of Van Diemen's Land, will readily account for the paucity 
of species found in that island. 
By the term peculiar, I do not mean to convey the idea that the birds are strictly confined to the respective countries, but 
that as yet they have not been found elsewhere. 
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