LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
6. EUDYPTULA MINOR. FAIRY PENGUIN. 
[Aptenodytes minor Forster, Comm. Gotting., Vol. III., p. 147, (after May 15tli) 1781: Dusky Sound, New Zealand. 
Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. vn., pi. 84 (pt. xvi.), Sept. 1st, 1844 : pi. 85 (pt. xxxiii.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews 
Vol. I., pt. 5. pi. 66, Oct. 31st, 1911. 
Spheniscus novrehollandiie Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. XIII., pt. I., p. 68, Feb. 18th, 1826: based on 
Watling painting, No. 291: Port Jackson, New South Wales. 
Aptenodytes australis “Gray/’ Griffith Anim. Kingdom (Cuvier), Vol. VIII., p. 563, “ 1829° (1830), for same as 
preceding. 
Aptenodytcs undina Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1844, p. 57, Sept.: Circular Head, Tasmania. 
Eudyptula minor woodwardi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 199, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Sandy Hook Island, South¬ 
west Australia. 
Distribution. Co oats of extra-trcpical Australia and Tasmania. 
Sub-Class EUORN1THES. 
Order GALLIFORMES. 
Family MEGAPODIIDiE. 
VI. Genus MEGAPODIUS. 
Megapodius Gaimard, Bull. Gen. Univ. Annon. Nouv. Sci. Ferussac, Vol. II., p. 450 (read June 6th), 1823 
(July, August). Type (by subsequent designation, Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 5, 1913): Megapodius 
freycinet Gaimard. 
Alecthelia Lesson, Bull. Sci. Nat. Ferussac, Vol. VIII., p. 115, pt. I. (Jan ?), 1826. Type (by monotypy): Alecthelia 
urviUii Lesson and Gamot = M. freycinet Gaimard. 
Amtlous Gloger, Hand- u. Hilfsb., pt. 5, p. 375, 1841 (end). New name for Alecthelia Lesson. 
Mcgathelia Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. H., pt. 5, p. 112, Sept. 24th, 1914. Type (by original designation): 
Megapodius tumulus Gould. 
7. MEGAPODIUS REINWARDT. SCRUB FOWL. 
[Megapodius reimeardt Dumont, Diet. Sci. Nat. (Levrault), Vol.XXIX.,p. 416, Dec. 27th, 1823: Amboina errore = 
Aru Island. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 79 (pt. vi.), March 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 1, pi. 6, Oct. 31st, 1910. 
Megapodius tumulus Gould, Birds Austr., pt. VI., March 1st, 1842 : Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory. 
Megapodius assitnilis Masters, Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W., Vol. I., p. 59, Feb. 1876: Dungeness Island, Torres 
Strait, North Queensland. 
Megapodius duperreyi melvillensis , Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 26, April 2nd, 1912: Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. North Queensland, Northern Territory. 
VII. Genus LEIPOA. 
Leipoa Gould, Birds Austr., pt. I., Dec. 1st, 1840. Type (by monotypy): Leipoa ocellata Gould. 
8. LEIPOA OCELLATA. MALLEE FOWL. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 78 (pt. i.)., Dec.. 1st. 1840. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 1, pi. 7, Oct. 31st, 1910. 
Leipoa ocellata Gould, Birds Austr., pt. I., Dec. 1st, 1840 : Swan River, Western Australia. 
Leipoa ocellata rosince Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIIT., p. 177, Jan. 31, 1912 : South Australia. 
Distribution : New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, South- and mid-West Australia. 
VHI. Genus ALECTURA. 
Alectura Latham, Gen. Hist. Birds, Vol. X., p. 455, 1824. Typo (by monotypy): New Holland Vulture = *4. 
lathami Gray. 
Catheturus Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 206, July 1st, 1837. New name for Alectura Latham. 
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