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Official Checklist of the Birds of Australia. 
bourlci. —Bourke, New South Wales. 
boweri. —Thos. Henry Bowyer-Boyer, a British collector (1862-1886). 
broadbenti. —Kendall Broad bent, field naturalist and ornithologist, Queensland 
Museum (1837-1911). (*See Emu, XL, 62.) 
caledonicus. —Of (New) Caledonia. 
canutusr —King Canute. 
capensis. —Of the Cape (of Good Hope). 
carteri. —Tom Carter, British ornithologist, resided in Western Australia for 
many years. 
caspia .—Of the Caspian Sea. 
cecilce. —From the name of a relative of Gregory M. Mathews. 
chinensis. —Chinese. 
daudi. —Claudio River, North Queensland. 
cockerelli. —J. T. Cockerell, field naturalist and collector for John Gould in 
Queensland and Aru Islands. 
coromandeliunus. —Of the Coromandel Coast, India. 
coxeni. —Chas. Coxcn, of Queensland, ornithologist, and brother-in-law of John 
Gould. 
desolata. —Isle of Desolation, now Kerguelen Island. 
diemenianus .—Of Van Diemen’s Land, now called Tasmania. 
Diomedea. —Diomede, a Grecian chief in the Trojan war. 
dominions. —Island of San Domingo, West Indies. 
dorotheee. —Dorothy, daughter of H. L. White, Belltrees, New South Wales. 
dougaUi. —Dr. MacDougall, of Glasgow, 1808. 
ewingi. —Rev. T. J. Ewing, Tasmanian naturalist, and friend of John Gould. 
eytoni *—T. C. Eyton, British ornithologist (1809-1880). 
francica. —Isle of France, now called Mauritius. 
Garrodia. —A. H. Garrod (1846-1879), anatomist and ornithologist. Prosector 
to Zoological Society, London. 
Geoffroyus .—Geoffrey St. Hilaire, French naturalist. 
georgianus. —King George’s Sound, Western Australia. 
goodenouii. —Samuel Goodenough, Vice-President, Linncean Society, London. 
gordoni .-—Personal name. 
gouldice .—In honour of the wife of John Gould. 
goyderi. —G. W. Goyder (1826-1898), explorer and Surveyor-General (S.A.). 
Grantidla. —W. R. Ogilvie Grant, keeper of the Bird Department, British 
Museum (1863-1924). 
hamiltoni. —Hamilton, brother of Gregory M. Mathews. 
hardwicki .—General Hardwicke, associated with J. E. Gray in Indian Zoology, 
died 1835. 
hedleyi. —Chas. Hedley, scientist, of Sydney, Australia. 
hoHandicus. —Of (New) Holland. 
horsfieldi .—Thos. Horsfield (1773-1859), ornithologist, and fellow-worker with 
N. A. Vigors. r I hey contributed a most valuable paper on Australian birds to 
the Transactions of the Linncean Society , London, 1827. 
housei. —Dr. F. M. House, Western Australia. 
indus. —Indian. 
iredalei. —Tom Iredale, ornithologist, now of Australian Museum, Sydney. 
Irediparra. —Tom Iredale -f- Parra, a Linnsean genus, 1766. 
Iris. —Rainbow. 
Javanica. —Of Java. 
katherina. —Katherine River, Queensland. 
kaupi. —J. J. Kaup, German ornithologist. 
keartlandi. —G. A. Keartland, Australian collector. 
kempt. —Robin Kemp, Collector in North Queensland for G. M. Mathews. 
Kempiellu. —Robin Kemp, Australian collector. 
keraudreni .—Keraudreu, French voyageur and naturalist. 
Lalage.'— Girl’s name (classical). 
lamberti. —A. B. Lambert (1761-1842), Vice-President, Linnean Society, London. 
lapponica. —Of Lapland. 
Lathamus. —Dr. Jolm Latham, English ornithologist (1740-1837), who published 
in 1801 the first important work on Australian birds. He is called by 
Mr. Gregory M. Mathews the “ grandfather ” of Australian ornithology. 
leachi. —Dr. W. E. Leach (1790-1836), keeper of Zoology, British Museum. 
leadbeateri ( Kakatoe ).—Benjamin Leadbeater, a London naturalist. 
leadbealeri(Opopsitta) —Leadbeater, an assistant. National Museum, Melbourne. 
The name given by Professor F. McCoy, formerly Director of the Museum. 
