1026 ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM ROEBURNE. 



Plotus NOV^-HOLLANDiiE, Gould. New Holland Darter. 



An adult $ shot April 29th. This bird seems to be universally- 

 dispersed over the whole of Australia. Dr. Ramsay has recorded 

 both this and the two following species from Derby, North- 

 western Australia (P.L.S.N.S.W. Vol. II. 2nd Series, p. 173) but 

 through an oversight they have been omitted from his " Tabular 

 List of the Birds of Australia." 



Graculus melanoleucus, Vieillot. Little Cormorant. 



One specimen, a female, shot May 17th at " Marie," a lagoon 36 

 miles S.W. of Roeburne. Similar to those procured from other 

 portions of Australia and Tasmania. 



Graculus stictocephalus, Bonaparte. Little Black Cormorant. 



Two adult specimens, $ and 9) shot May 10th at Karratha 

 Station. With the exception of the extreme north, this species 

 has been obtained from every part of Australia. 



