Name of Species.
South-eastern
straliu or New
South Wales.
South Swan River
or Western
Australia. Australia.
Van Die-^ Extra Australian. Number of Volume
and Plate.
m Intro., p.[xcv.
Gygis Candida................... .... . . * Vo!. VII. P I. 3 0 .
Hydrochelidon fluviatilis, Gould * * * — 3 1 .
Onychoprion fuliginosus ? . . . . : I * — 3 2 .
Pannva
Anoiis stolidus . ........................ # * 3 4 .
— s— inelanops, Gould . . . . * 35.
--------- r leucocapillus, Gould . . . * — 36 .
— -— cinereus, Gould................... * * 3 7 .
Diomedea exulans, Linn.................. * * # * Southern Ocean — 38.
----—------brachyura, Temm. . . . *? N. Pacific Ocean ? — 39.
cauta Gould
.. r -■ culminata, Gould . . # * * * Southern Ocean I s 4 1 .
-—------- - chlororhynchos, Lath. * # # * Southern Ocean H h S p 4 2 .
.. melanophrys, Temm. . . # * * Southern Ocean — 43.
#? N. Pacific Ocean f Intro., p. xcvii.
Procellaria gigantea . . . . . . * * * * Vol. VII. PI. 45.
* > S. Indian Ocean Intro., p.xcyii..
S. Indian Oceau Vol. VII. PI. 4 6 . #
# ' /S. Pacific and S.l
1 Atlantic Oceans] ' Intro., p. xcvii. -
■ -#,?
Intro., pi xcyiii.'
G1 ■ 1 "d i m f New Zealand ] Vol. VII. PI. 48.
m m fS. Indian and S.l
(_ Atlantic OceansJ
6 1 . .
- ■ ccerulea, Gmel. . * • * Southern Ocean — ;5gr
* 5 Intro., p> Xcyiii.
# ? Intro., p. xcviii.
Daption Capensis ........................ « • 1 * Southern Ocean Vol. VII. PI. 53 .
Prion. T u r tu r ................................. * * • * Southern Ocean — 54 .
. vittatus, Cuv. . . . . . . • * * Southern Ocean 55 .
B— Banksii.............. . . . . * * • * Southern Ocean Intro., p. xcix.
----- Ariel, G o u ld ........................ Bass’s Straits Intrq., p. xcix.
Puffinus brevicaudus, Brandt . . • « # Vol. VII. PI. 56.
----=-----carneipes, Gould . . . . * 5 7 .•
Puffinuria Urinatrix........................ * * * 60 .
Thalassidroma marina, Less. . . . • 61 .
----------------- melanogaster, Gould * * # # S. Indian Ocean 62 .
---- ------------- leucogaster, Gould .
* * * S. Indian Ocean
-----------------Tropica, Gould . .
fTropic, in the]
[tv Atlantic j
63 .
Intro., p. c.
-----------------Wilsonii, Bonap.. . * * * *
f S. Ocean and the"!
temperate Lat. j
[ of the northern J
6 5 ,
Phalacrocorax Carboi'des, Gould * * * 66 .
67
-r-^—-—*—•—bypoleucus . . . . * * New Zealand ? 68.
South-eastern M R. |
Name of Species. portion of AuSouth
Northern Van DieExtra
Australian. Number of Volume
stralia or New Australia. Australia. Australia. men s Land
South Wales.
Phalacrocorax leucogaster, Gould . # # # Vol. VII. PI. 6 9 .
# 70 .
New Zealand .
Attagen Ariel, Gould . . . . . * * — 72.
• Annil h" ?' Intro., p. c.
Phaeton phoenicurus................... * * Vol. VII. PI. 73 .
Pelecanus conspicillatus, Temm.. . * * * * # S n i p 74.
Plotus Novie-Hollandiae, Gould . . B p k i i * # 7 5 .
Sula Australis, Gould . . . . . * * # * — 7 6 .
----- personata, Gould.................... # * 'U'-'Wfi'- 77 •
= —fusca, Briss. . . . . . . * — 7 8 .
----- piscator, Linn........................... * 79.
Podiceps Australis, Gould. . . . * * * * — 8 0 .
i . ■ Ciould
- 81 •
----------------poliocephalus, Jard. 8f Selb. # * * f g m 82 .
The I. of Tristan
Eudyptes chrysoeome . . . . . *
D’Acunha, St.
Paul’s and Amsterdam
. .
— 83.
Spheniscus minor, Temm................. * * * * — • 84.
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 L a n d ; 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 half 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 not been found elsewhere.