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will be done sooner or later we have no doubt, as itisnfcw 
being done in the genera by Gray and Strickland; and 
this would do away with many of those petty jealousies 
at present the disgrace of professors of natural history. 
The little mawe-pawk is not an uncommon bird : it 
frequents the dense woods in the Vale of Ancanthe, and 
we have seen it kept as a pet. PI. 2 represents the 
Podargus humeralis , a bird not found in Tasmania; 
where however it has a near ally, the Podargus Cuvieri . 
The genus Podargus , also found in the Asiatic Isles, 
appears to form a link between the goat-suckers and the 
owls. The bird in the plate is represented asleep, and 
the feathers above the head and chin are admirably done '• 
but we would remark that the leg is not in the attitude of a 
bird asleep, and also that our own Podargus sleeps across 
the bough or fence, as almost all must have witnessed it 
at one time or other. Plates 3 and 4 illustrate two 
species of the genus Halcyon , the latter a very beautiful 
one— H.j>yrrliopygia> one of the new discoveries of Mr. 
Gould during his travels in the interior of New South 
Wales. The family of kingfishers is particularly abund¬ 
ant in the Asiatic Isles, and we doubt not but that many 
new species will yet reward the search of Mr. Gould's 
assistant, now exploring the district around Port Es- 
sington. 
The next illustration is that of the curious bird Talcgalla 
Lathamiy the habits and economy of which were dwelt 
on in the interesting paper of Mr. Gould himself in our 
last number. The Lcipoa ocellata , on the next plate, is 
another of the novelties discovered by Gilbert, Mr. 
Gould's assistant above alluded to, and in its mode of 
nidification is equally singular with the Talegalla . The 
eggs are deposited in a mound of sand, the formation of 
which is the work of both sexes : the natives say they 
scratch up the sand for many yards around, forming a 
