TABLE OF THE RANGE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES 
South-eastern g Ri 
Name of Species. portion of Au-| — South igs Feige North , . 
'stralia or New| A ia, [OT Western) Sorthern | Van Die- : , 
ieee Si ustralia. Australia, | Australia. [men’s Land. Extra Australian, agar ee 
Phalacrocorax leucogaster, Gould “ * * i ee 
- . ‘ . ‘ P ¥ 
melanoleucus, Vell. * * re Vol. VII. Pl. 69, 
* 
et el ae — 70. 
punctatus 
New Zealand a - 
Attagen Ariel, Gould . 2... , * ra a ai. 
: | rs 72. 
Aquila? | z aK 
Phaéton phoenicurus . . . . . * ‘ ee ope 
ne — ol. VIT. Pl. 
Pelecanus conspicillatus, Temm..  . * % ‘ * s a 
A : ca 4. 
Plotus Novze-Hollandiw, Gould. . * * i. 7 
. . - 
s om 5. 
Sula Australis, Gould . . . . . * em. ‘ 4 7 
a 76. 
—personata, Gould. . . . . * ey ‘ 
: ‘— : = 77. 
Ti a A i | Oe ey eke , a * 
r ‘ - . 6 . . . ’ . —_— 7 : 
DIRE RAMI a Of. tw lp ss Of gee Gad +. * “9 
Podiceps Australis, Gould. . . . * * * nl , 
| aa 80. 
gularis, Gould tree, * * * ¥ T a 
poliocephalus, Jard. & Selb. * * * . as 
ee I. of Tristan 
ke 
Eudyptes chrysocome D’Acunha, St. — gg 
| Paul's and Am- , 
, ‘ sterdam 
Spheniscus minor, Temm.. . . * # * % - a4 
undina, Gould . | ¥ ae 85. 
On a review of the above Table it will be seen that 385 species inhabit New South Wales, 289 South Australia, 
243 Western Australia, 230 Northern Australia, and 181 Van Diemen’s Land; and that of these, 88 are peculiar to New 
South Wales ; 16 to South Australia; 36 to Western Australia; 105 to Northern Australia, and 32 to Van Diemen’s Land. 
The great excess in the number of species inhabiting New South Wales is doubtless attributable to the singular belt of 
luxuriant vegetation, termed brushes, which stretches along the southern and south-eastern coasts between the ranges and the 
sea, and which is tenanted by a fauna peculiarly its own. 
Although this part of the continent is inhabited by a larger number of species than any other, it is a remarkable fact that 
the species peculiar to Northern Australia are much more numerous than those peculiar to New South Wales. 
It is curious to observe also, that while Southern Australia is inhabited by a much larger number of species than Western 
Australia, those peculiar to the former are not balf so numerous as those peculiar to the latter. 
The more southern position, and consequently colder climate of Van Diemen’s Land, will readily account for the paucity 
of species found in that island. 
By the term peculiar, I do not mean to convey the idea that the birds are strictly confined to the respective countries, but 
that as yet they have net been found elsewhere. 
