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Family— MEGAPODID^, 
Genus — OJSOSOMHIS, De Yis, 1889. 
(Proo. K. Soc. Queensland, vi. Pt. 1, p. 65.) 
ClIOSOBNIS PBJETEEITTJS, De Vis. 
Qhosornis prceteritus^ DeVis, Proc. H. Soc. Queensland, 1889, vi., Pt. 1, p. 55. 
Obs. Mr. De Vis has proposed this species for the reception of the proximal 
half of the metacarpus of the left manus of a bird which agrees in several special 
points with those of the mound-building family. The bone combines features common 
to both the existing genera Talegallus and Megapodms, with others peculiar to itself. 
Loc. and Horizon. Chinchilla, Darling Downs {G. W. De Vis — Colin. Queensland 
Mus.) — Chinchilla Conglomerate. 
Family — EALLID.®. 
Genus— DOEPHYBIO, Brisson, 1760. 
(Ornithologie.)* 
PoErTTTEIO ? EEPEETA, De VtS. 
Porphyria repertci^ T)g Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1888, iii. (2), Pt. 3, p. 1283, t. 34, f. 7 uand 6. 
Ohs. A right tarso-metatarsus is referred provisionally by Mr. De Vis to a 
Coot, near Porphyria melanoius in size. It may, however, be generally distinct. 
Boo. and Horizon. Chinchilla, Darling Downs ((7. W. De Vis — Colin. Queens- 
land Mus.) — Chinchilla Conglomerate. 
PoEPUXiiio Mackixtoshi, De Vis. 
Porphyria Machintoshi, He Vis, Pruc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W ales, 1892, vi. (2), Pt. 3, p. 440, t. 24, f. 2 a and 6. 
Ohs. The distal extremity of a right tarso-metatarsus indicates a species 
differing from the preceding in its greater size. Mr. De Vis remarks that probably the 
present species and Porphyrio reperta will require to be placed in a new genus, in con- 
sequence of the lesser elevation of the hind toe than in the recent forms of Porphyrio, 
whilst the inner trochlea in the jiresont fossil is distinctly shorter. 
Loc. and Horizon. Near Warwick {H. Hurst— CoWn. Queensland Mus.)— 
Fluviatile deposits. 
Genus — GALLINULA, Brisson, 1760. 
(Ornithologie.) t 
Gallinula steenuipes, De Vis. 
GalKnuJa strcnuipes, De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1888, iii. (2), Pt. 3, p. 1284, t. 34, f. 8, 8a, 
Ohs. A left tarso-metatarsus is described by Mr. De Vis under this name. It is 
a little less than one-fifth longer than the corresponding bone in Gallinula tenehrosa. 
“ The evidence given may perhaps be held to show that the bird represented by this bone 
was a Moor-hen, and one of larger size than the living species.” 
Loc. and Horizon. Chinchilla, Darling Downs (0. W. De Vis — Colin. Queens- 
land Mus.) — Chinchilla Conglomerate. 
Gaelinula peealata, De Vis. 
Gallinuin peralata, De Via, Proc. Linn. Soc. N, S. Wales, 1892, vi. (2), Pt. 3, p. 440, t. 24, f. 3 a and 6. 
Ohs. Founded on a humerus possessing an index so far raised as to indicate a 
bird of superior strength to the recent G. tenehrosa, or the extinct G. strenuipes. 
Loc. and Horizon. Darling Downs {0. W. De Vis — Colin. Queensland Mus.) — 
Fluviatile deposits. 
* Fide Agassiz, Nomen. Zool., Fas. 2, p. 31. 
t Agassiz, loc. cit., p. 30. 
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