And HORSF. - - - - - - - - Leachii - - - - - - - - Xanthonotus, GOULD. Polytelis Melanura. Platycercus Baueri, VIG.

And HORSF. - - - - - - Barnardi, VIG.

And HORSF. - - - - - - Adelaidiae, GOULD. - - - - - - flaveolus, GOULD. Psephotus multicolor. - - - - - haematonotus, GOULD. Melopsittacus undulatus. Euphema aurantia, GOULD. - - - - elegans, GOULD. Pezoporus formosus. Trichoglossus Swainsonii, JARD. and SELB. Trichoglossus concinnus, VIG. and HORSF. - - - - - - - pusillus, VIG. and HORSF. - - - - - - - porphyrocephalus. Climacteris scandens, TEMM. - - - - - - picumnus, TEMM. Sittella melanocephala, GOULD. Cuculus inornatus, VIG. and HORSF. - - - - cineraceus, VIG. and HORSF. Chalcites lucidus, VIG. and HORSF. Meliphaga Novae-Hollandiae, VIG. and HORSF. - - - - - Australasiana, VIG. and HORSF. Glyciphila fulvifrons, SWAINS. - - - - - albifrons, GOULD. - - - - - ocularis, GOULD. Ptilotis sonora, GOULD. - - - - cratitia, GOULD. - - - - ornata, GOULD. - - - - penicillata, GOULD. Zanthomyza Phrygia, SWAINS. Melicophila picata, GOULD. Acanthogenys rufogularis, GOULD. Anthochaera carunculata, VIG. and HORSF. - - - - - - mellivora, VIG. and HORSF. Acanthorynchus tenuirostris. Melithreptus gularis, GOULD. - - - - - - lunulata, VIEILL. Myzantha garrula, VIG. and HORSF.

ORDER RASORES.

Phaps chalcoptera. - - - elegans. Ocyphaps Lophotes. Geopelia cuneata. Dromeceius Novae-Hollandiae, VIEILL. Otis Australasianus, GOULD. OEdicnemus longipes, VIEILL. Haematopus fuliginosus, GOULD. - - - - - longirostris, VIEILL. Eudromias Australis, GOULD. Lobivanellus lobatus. Sarciophorus pectoralis. Charadrius Virginianus? Hiaticula monacha. - - - - - nigrifrons. - - - - - ruficapilla. Erythrogonys cinctus, GOULD. Leipoa ocellata, GOULD. Pedionomus torquatus, GOULD. Turnix varius. - - - velox, GOULD. Coturnix pectoralis, GOULD. Synoicus Australis. - - - - Sinensis.

ORDER GRALLATORES.

Grus Antigone? Platalea regia, GOULD. - - - - flavipes, GOULD. Ardea cinerea? - - - pacifica, LATH. - - - Novae-Hollandiae, LATH. Nycticorax Caledonicus, LESS. Botaurus Australis, GOULD. Ibis Falcinellus, LINN. Numenius Australasianus. Numenius uropygialis, GOULD. Recurvirostra rubricollis, TEMM. Chladorhynchus pectoralis. Himantopus leucocephalus, GOULD. Limosa - - - - - ? Glottis Glottoides. Pelidna - - - - - ? like P. MINUTA. Scolopax Australis, LATH. Rhynchaea Australis, GOULD. Porphyrio melanotus, TEMM. Tribonyx ventralis, GOULD. Gallinula immaculata. Rallus Philipensis? LINN.

ORDER NATATORES.

Cygnus atratus. Anseranas melanoleuca. Leptotarsis Eytoni, GOULD. Cereopsis Novae-Hollandiae, LATH. Casarka Tadornoides. Biziura lobata, SHAW. Bernicla jubata. Anas Novae-Hollandiae, LATH. - - naevosa, GOULD. - - castanea. Nyroca Australis, Eyton. Rhynchapsis Rhynchotis, STEPH. Malacorhynchus membranaceus, SWAINS. Podiceps Australis, GOULD. - - - - poliocephalus, JARD. and SELB. - - - - gularis, GOULD. Phalacrocorax pica. - - - - - - - leucogaster, GOULD. Phalacrocorax sulcirostris. - - - - - - - melanoleucus. Plotus Le Vaillantii? Pelecanus spectabilis, TEMM. Sula Australis, GOULD. Spheniscus minor. Lestris catarrhactes. Laras leucomelas. Xema Jamesonii, WILS. Sterna poliocerca, GOULD. - - - velox, GOULD. Sternella nereis, GOULD. Hydrochelidon fluviatilis. Diomedea exulans, LINN. - - - - cauta, GOULD. - - - - melanophrys, TEMM. - - - - chlororhyncha, LATH. - - - - fuliginosa. Procellaria gigantea, GMEL. - - - - - - perspicillata, GOULD. - - - - - - hasitata, FORST. - - - - - - leucocephala. - - - - - - Solandri, GOULD. Daption Capensis, STEPH. Prion vittata, CUV. - - - Banksii. - - - Turtur. - - - Ariel, GOULD. Puffinus brevicaudus, GOULD. Puffinuria urinatrix, LESS. Thalassidroma Wilsoni. - - - - - - - nereis, GOULD. - - - - - - - melanogaster, GOULD.

The preceding list comprises the birds inhabiting the settled districts of South Australia: viz. the Murray, from the great bend to the sea, the fertile districts sixty miles northward and southward of Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, Port Lincoln, etc. When the remote parts of the colony have been explored, it will doubtless become necessary to add to it many other species common to New South Wales and Western Australia. - J. G.

VOLUME II

JOURNAL OF EXPEDITIONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA, IN 1840-1.

Chapter I.

THE CAMP PLUNDERED - NIGHT OF HORRORS - PROCEED ON TO THE WESTWARD - THE BOYS FOLLOW US - THEY ARE LEFT BEHIND - FORCED MARCHES - DESERT COUNTRY - BANKSIAS MET WITH - TRACES OF NATIVES - TERMINATION OF THE CLIFFS - FIND WATER.

Glancing hastily around the camp I found it deserted by the two younger native boys, whilst the scattered fragments of our baggage, which I left carefully piled under the oilskin, lay thrown about in wild disorder, and at once revealed the cause of the harrowing scene before me.

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