[272] For a very full and excellent description of the habits of this bird see a paper by R. H. Davies, Esq., in the Tasmanian Journal, Vol. II., p. 13.
[273] Two hundred and sixty-two species of Tasmanian insects were described by the German entomologist Erichsen, in Wagner's Archives for 1842. The Rev. T. J. Ewing, of New Town, the most zealous and able Tasmanian entomologist, in a paper in the Tasmanian Journal, vol. iii., p. 456, quotes the following works, where descriptions of Tasmanian insects may be found.—Leach's Zoological Miscellany, Entomological Magazine, The Entomologist, Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, and Annals of Natural History.
[274] Voyage in search of La Perouse.
[275] Vide a paper by R. C. Gunn: Tasmanian Journal, vol. II., p. 332.
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NOTES AND ERRATA
Transcriber's Note: Errata corrected in text above.
Page 4, for "Charles II." read "Charles I."
Page 14. This veteran was at the Exhibition of 1851, pointing out the natural productions and conversing with great zest with any person interested in this colony.