THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Although Captain White was surely competent to identify a form collected 
by himself and named by me after Mrs. White, in the next number of the Emu 
was an account by a writer who absolutely confused everybody, as he stated 
that the bird figured was a different species. As nearly every statement made 
by this writer was inaccurate and as I have pointed out a few of his mistakes 
already no further reference need be made to his unfortunate intervention. 
I there stated that these Acanthizoid forms were most difficult even to the 
accurate worker and I now emphasize that statement. The differences are 
probably very easily seen in life but not noticeable without great care in skins. 
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