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Synoicus ? chinensis

Ardea novae-holiandiae, Lath

Nycticorax caledonicus, Less

Falcinellus igneus

Numenius australasianus, Gould

Recurvirostra rubricollis, Temm

Strepsilas collaris, Linn

Pelidna australis

Tribonyx ventralis

Rallus philippensis

Eulabeornis castaneoventris

Cygnus atratus

Leptotarsis eytoni

Dendrocygna arcuata

Nettapus pulchellus, Gould

Tadorna radjah

Casarca tadornoides

Biziura lobata

Bernicla jubata

Anas novae-hollandiae

Spatula rhynchotis

Malacorhynchus membranaceus

Podiceps poliocephalus, Jard and Selb

Phalacrocorax carboides, Gould

Phalacrocorax melanoleucus, Vieill

APPENDIX

DESCRIPTIONS OF SIX FISH

TAKEN BY THE OFFICERS OF THE BEAGLE ON THE COASTS OF AUSTRALIA,

BY SIR JOHN RICHARDSON, MD FRS, ETC

INSPECTOR OF NAVAL HOSPITALS

Balistes phaleratus RICHARDSON

CH SPEC B cauda tot aculeolis quot squaena tota squamulis stipatis aspera, nec lines laevibus decursa; squamis majoribus rotuntdatis post aperturaris: fascia nigra laterali ab oculo ad caudaata

RADII D 3-1 : 25; A 1 : 23; C 12; P 14

FISHES PLATE 1 Figures 4, 5

Profile oval, with a sohtly concave line The ht of the body, and forms the obtuse end of the oval The white teeth have their points ranged evenly, the eye is high up but does not touch the profile, and the two contiguous openings of the nostrils are i inclines obliquely forward as it descends, touches the th is equal to a fifth of the altitude of the body The scales anterior to the pectorals and gill openings are closer and finer than on the hinder parts of the fish On the body each scale is roughened by vertical rows of blunt points, which become more acute towards the hinder part of the flanks, and on the tail one of the points of each scale rises into a minute spine curved towards the caudal fin In the narrowest part of the tail there are not above three or four of these spines in a vertical row, but there are ten or more between the posterior parts of the dorsal and anal Is there are three roundish scales larger than the others The scales of the cheeks are studded with points, which are more minute and rounded than the others, and there are no s lines, such as exist on the cheeks of some other species The dorsal spine is rather short, thickish, and not acute It is strongly roughened by five or six rows of short bluntish and truncated teeth The soft dorsal and anal commence with a simple flexible ray which is not jointed The other rays have each froh points near their bases The rays of the caudal are alternate The ventral spine is short and blunt, and is armed with short divaricated teeth, sohness runs forward on the chine or ventral line, until it passes gradually into the ordinary scales of the head The dewlap is very slightly extensible, and but little developed It is supported by six thread-like rays, which are all divided to the base

A black band crosses the forehead from eye to eye The upper half of the eye is bordered with black The first dorsal exclusive of its last ray is of the same hue; a black band descends from it, and two from the second dorsal, which meet in a stripe that extends fro some resemblance to the traces of a coach-horse There is also a black mark on the upper surface of the tail, and a minute brownish speck on each scale, which specks forround tint is pale or whitish, with some duskiness on the face, as if it had been coloured when recent Length, 2 1/4 inches

Height of body, 1 1/8 inch

HABITAT The western coasts of Australia