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INTRODUCTION
Dendrocygna validipennis (De Vis) Queensland.
Branta hypsibata Cope Oregon.
Branta propinqua Schufeldt Oregon.
Anser scaldii Van Beneden Belgium.
Anser sp. Lydekker England.
Anser coudoni Schufeldt Oregon.
Cygnus sp. Lydekker Malta.
Cygnus falconeri Parker Malta.
Palaeopelargus nobilis De Vis Queensland.
Prociconia lydekkeri Ameghino Brazil.
Platibis subtenuis De Vis Queensland.
Grus proavus Marsh New Jersey.
Grus melitensis Lydekker Malta.
Grus turfa Portis Italy.
Grus primigenia Milne Edwards France.
Fulica prior De Vis Queensland.
Fulica pisana Portis Italy.
Porphyrio mackintoshi De Vis Queensland.
Gallinula strenuipes De Vis Queensland.
Gallinula peralata De Vis Queensland.
Microtribonyx effluxus De Vis Queensland.
Progura gallinacea De Vis Queensland.
Columba melitensis Lydekker Malta.
Lithophaps ulnaris De Vis Queensland.
Gallus sp. Lydekker New Zealand.
Gallus sp. Lydekker Central Germany.
Phasianus sp. Lydekker Germany.
Perdix sp. Issel Italy.
Tetrao sp. Issel Italy.
Metapteryx bifrons De Vis Queensland.
Dromaius queenslandiae (De Vis) Queensland.
Dromaius gracilipes (De Vis) Queensland.
Dromaius patricius (De Vis) East Australia.
Genyornis newtoni Sterling & Zeitz South Australia.
Casuarius lydekkeri nom. nov.

"The distal extremity of the tibio-tarsus is narrow, without a semilunar pit on the lateral surface of the ectocondyle, and with a very deep extensor groove" (Lydekker, Cat. Fossil B. Brit. Mus., p. 353).