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TABLE OF THE RANGE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES. 
Name of Species. 
1 South-eastern Australia 
or N.S. Wales. 
1 South Australia. 
Swan River or Western 
Australia. 
i Northern Australia. 
Van Diemen’s Land. 
Other 
countries. 
Number of 
Volume and 
Plate. 
Phalacrocorax suleirostris 
% 
* 
* 
• • • 
VII. PI. 67. 
sk 
N Zeal > 
11 V pulLLlL UO i » • ••• ••• 
UO, 
leucogaster, Gould 
* 
* 
• • . 
• . . 
* 
. . . ... 
— 69. 
— melanoleucus, Vieill. 
* 
* 
* 
• . . 
* 
— 70. 
punctatus 
... 
• . • 
• . . 
• • • 
N. Zeal. 
— 71. 
Attagen Ariel, Gould 
* 
... 
• • • 
* 
... 
• • • * • • 
— 72. 
Aquila ? 
... 
... 
• • • 
* 
• . • 

Int., p. c. 
Phaeton phoenicurus 
* 
... 
• • • 
* 
• • . 

VII. PI. 73. 
Pelecanus conspicillatus, Temrn 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
• • • ••• 
— 74. 
Plotus Novae- Hollandiae, Gould 
* 
* 
... 
* 
• • • 
• • • • • * 
— 75. 
Sula Australis, Gould 
* 
* 
* 
• • . 
* 
• • • • • • 
— 76. 
personata, Gould 
* 
. . . 
• • • 
* 
. . . 
. . . • • • 
— 77. 
fusca, Briss 
• • . 
... 
• • • 
* 
. • . 
... 
— 78. 
piscator, Linn 
... 
... 
• • • 
* 
,,, 
• • • • • • 
— 79. 
Podiceps Australis, Gould 
% 
% 
% 
... 
* 

— 80. 
— gularis, Gould 
* 
* 
* 
. • . 
* 

— 81. 
poliocephalus, Jard. ty Selby ... 
* 
* 
* 
... 
* 

— 82. 
Eudyptes chrysocome 
• • • 
... 
• • • 
... 
* 
The I. of 
— 83. 
Tris.d’Ac. 
and Am- 
sterdam 
Spheniscus minor, Temm 
* 
* 
% 
• . 
* 
... • • • 
— 84. 
— undin a, Gould 
... 
•• 
... 
•• 
* 
• * • • 0 • 
— 85. 
On a review of the above Table it will be seen that 385 species 
inhabit New South Wales, 289 South Australia, 243 Western Au- 
stralia, 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 peculiarly 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 while Southern Australia is in- 
habited 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. 
THE END. 
