of Australia . 
V. NATATORES. 
343 
Part 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
1 
Nettapus coromandelia- 
6 
E A 
2 
pulchellus [nus 
6 
N A 
3 
Tadorna Radjah 
14 
HA 
4 
Casarca Tadornoides 
14 
T 
S A 
W A 
5 
Anas mevosa 
5 
W A 
E A 
6 
Biziura lobata 
16 
T 
S A 
W A 
E A 
7 
Erismatura Australis 
16 
W A 
8 
Podiceps Australis 
17 
T 
S A 
W A 
E A 
9 
gularis 
12 
S A 
E A 
10 
polioceplialus 
12 
T 
W A 
EA 
11 
Spheniscus minor 
16 
T 
12 
Prion turtur 
16 
T 
E A 
13 
vittatus 
16 
T 
N Z 
14 
Diomedea cauta 
15 
T 
15 
clilororliynclia 
15 
T 
S A 
W A 
EA 
N A 
16 
exulans 
14 
T 
17 
melanophrys 
14 
T 
18 
Sternula nereis 
14 
T 
W A 
19 
Puffinuria urinatrix [cus 
15 
T 
N Z 
20 
Phalacrocorax hypoleu- 
11 
S A 
W A 
E A 
21 
leucogaster 
11 
T 
S A 
E A 
22 
melanoleucus 
12 
T 
S A 
W A 
E A 
N A 
23 
punctatus 
5 
N Z 
15 
8 
10 
12 
3 
3 
We may remark on these tables, that although many species 
are apparently wanting in several of the districts, yet on a more 
thorough investigation continued through a series of years, they 
may not be so in reality. For instance, the Buteo melanosternon 
the first in the catalogue, which has hitherto been found only in 
districts 3, 4, and 5, may hereafter be discovered to be a resident 
likewise of districts 2 and 6. We can easily imagine that columns 
2, 3, 5, and 6, will gradually become more filled up, as the pro¬ 
ductions of the districts to which they refer are better investi¬ 
gated, when we see that the column for New South Wales, the 
oldest colony, contains more than double the number of species 
contained in the column for Northern Australia, although this 
latter is a tropical climate; but we should bear in mind that the 
country around Cape York, which belongs to this division, has 
as yet contributed nothing. The columns for Tasmania and East¬ 
ern Australia may be considered complete, as far as they go. No 
data can be founded on the column for New Zealand, as it is evi- 
