to but few, if any, of them can be said to be defined. 
They are as follows ; — Hylochelidon, Lagenoplastes {HirundU 
nid(B)j MelanodryaSjAmaurodryas, Poacilodryas {Sylviidm), Stig^ 
matops {Meliphagid(B)j Ptistes (Platycercida), JEgialophilus 
(Charadriidm) , and Limnocinclus {Scolopacidce) . For sim- 
plicity's sake it is to be hoped that no future systematist will 
think it tiecessary to re-name these suggested genera in the 
event of his adopting and furnishing characteristics of them, 
though in most cases his right to disregard Mr. Gould^s names 
would be unquestionable according to the generally recognized 
principles of zoological nomenclature. Six new species are also 
described in the present work, these are, Melanodryas picaia^^ 
PtisteB coccineopteruSy^ Chalcophaps longirostriSj Lophophaps 
ferruginea,Synoicus{iegQSyn(xcus) cervinuSj ^cndiExcalfatoria (lege 
Excalfactoria) australis. In the matter of synonymy the most 
important result of Mr. Gould^s later researches and comparisons 
is the identification of numerous Australian species formerly 
looked upon as distinct with well-known Indian or even Palae- 
arctic forms. This is most especially to be remarked, as might 
have been expected, in the case of many of the Grall(B and 
AnsereSy other orders having come in for their share of this treat- 
ment at the hands of Messrs. G. R. Gray and Strickland many 
years ago (Ann. N. H. xi. pp. 189 and 333). It is impossible, 
even in the special division of this ^ Record,^ to notice more than a 
portion of the changes brought about by the author^s meritorious 
labour in this respect ; and here we can only mention, to show 
what we mean, that Charadrius veredus and Ardea leucophma are 
now identified with C. asiaticus and A. cinerea. The tables at 
the end of the work, indicating the distribution of the species 
throughout the seven Colonies into which Australia is at present 
divided, are also very useful, though, as Mr. Gould is careful to 
remark, these Colonies are by no means so many natural 
provinces. It is stated that, on a review, it will be seen 
that of the 670 species of birds found in Australia 400 have 
been observed in New South Wales, 427 in Queensland, 348 in 
Victoria, 312 in South Australia, 239 in West Australia, 235 in 
North Australia, and 162 in Tasmania. In West and North 
Australia probably many more have to be added, but in the 
other Colonies the numbers of species may be taken as a fair 
approximation to reality. A comparison of these tables with 
those contained in the author^s ^Introduction to the Birds of 
Australia,^ published in 1848, will alone show the progress that 
has been made in the accurate knowledge of the avifauna of 
the great island-continent. 
Gould, John. Descriptions of Two new Australian Birds. Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1865, pp. 198, 199. 
They are Malurus leuconotus and Artamus melanops. 
