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?■ P- Ramsay w rite s to me as foiiows
to to f t extremely ra re in o ur coUections, chiefly, I beUevo, from bein» m istnk™
will Y Z w v / ' 1 1 / ™ “ those o f f l . sanetus,Will p io b ab ly tu rn o u t to b e somewhat larg er. b u t th e e°ag° s
Mr. Gould in his “ Hand-book ” observes:__
ra th e r foenffoH"! Todiramphts inhab itin g Au stralia, is
£ v to O n i v X portion o f Queensland, o r from Moreton
Kay to Cape Y o ik . I ts discovery is due to the late Mr. Bynoe, R.N., who obtaineri twrt
exampfos on th e N o rth Coast, b u t th e ex a ct locality is unknown to me.”
M r Co iri b i l l s ’® ro rep resen ts a fine specimen from Moreton Bay, given me by
th e 1 4^^ k in d e r figure is tak en from a y o u n g b ird procured by Mr. Wallace in
th e A iu Islands. The descriptions a re from th e same bfrds.
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