365 
Geology of Russia and Australia. 
Natatores. 
129 Bernicla jubata . Wood duck 
130 Casarca Tadornoides.... Mountain duck 
131 Cygnus atratus .. Black swan 
132 Anas superciliosa .. Black duck 
133 - punctata . . Mountain teal 
134 Nyroca Australis .A white eyed duck 
135 - fusca ? . A brown duck 
136 Biziura lobata . Musk duck 
137 Podiceps Nestor ..Grebe 
138 Phalacrocorax hypoleucus Cormorant 
139 -- leucogaster White bellied ditto 
140 Pelecanus . Pelican 
March, 1848. 
Art. XXVII. Comparison of the Geology of Russia and 
Australia. 
[The following article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald 
newspaper, of 28th September, 1847, and we have no hesitation 
in transfering it to our pages, although the author is unknown to 
us.— Ed. Tasm. Journal .] 
Geology—Comparison of Russia and Australia. 
As various geologists have discovered certain physical and geolo¬ 
gical relations between the phenomena of Russia and of this 
country, it may be useful to state what are the peculiar charac¬ 
teristics of the former country; and this can be no better accom¬ 
plished than by an analysis of the Report upon the Geology of 
Russia, not long ago laid before the Geological Society of France 
by Mons. E. De Verneuil, one of the associates of Sir R. I. 
Murchison and Count A. Von Keyserling, in the exploration of 
that vast territory. The following remarks not comprehended 
between brackets are, therefore, an abridgment in some degree of 
De Verneuil’s observations. 
In a geological point of view, there is a striking contrast between 
the flat and nearly level regions constituting Russia Proper, and 
