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Latham’s original description of this Eoller is very far from satisfactory, and on this ground some 
naturalists have discarded the specific title given by him in favour of australis of Swainson; but, as 
will be seen by the synonymy, most authorities agree in retaining Latham’s name, which appears to be 
the proper course, for Latham gives the habitat as New Holland, where no other Eoller is found, 
and there can therefore he no doubt that he refers to the present species, and it would therefore 
be pure pedantry to discard his name for that given by Swainson. 
The specimens figured and described, with the exception of the young bird figured, are all in 
my own collection. 
In the preparation of the above article I have, besides the series in the British Museum, 
examined the following specimens :— 
LJ Mus. H. E. Eresser. 
a, S ad. South Queensland [Gerrard). b, ? ad. Ceram [A. R. Wallace), c, ?. Flores, 1862 [A. R. Wallace). 
^}f} i} ad.; j, Jc, juv. New Guinea [A. Linden). 
E Mus. H. B. Tristram. 
a. Australia, b. Norfolk Island, 1886 (P. H. Metcalfe), c, Dodinga, Halmahera, 21st April, 1862 (inter¬ 
mediate between E. orientalis and E. pacificus) {Bernstein), d, ^.lA. Ceram, 1860 {A. R. Wallace), 
e, ? . Lomboek, 1856 {A. R. Wallace). 
