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194- — Sterna an^stheta, Scop, 

 Sterna panayensis, Gould, Handhool: Bds. Aust. vol. II, p. 411. 

 One specimen only from Port Moresby. 



195. — Sterna melanauchen, Temm.; Saunders, P.Z.S. (1876), 



p. 661. ' ' 



Not uncommon in Torres Straits and at South Cape. 



Order PYGOPODES. 



Family PODICIPIDtE. 



196. — PODICEPS NOV^-HOLLANDI^. 



P. gularis, Gould; Bds. Aust. Handbook II, p. 513. 



Two specimens only obtained, shot by Morton and Blunden on 

 (he Laloki River. Tliese are the only individuals I have seen of 

 t his species from New Gruinea. 



Order STEG ANOPODES. 



PELECANID^. 



197. — Pelecanus conspicillatus, Temm. 

 Seen on several occasions, but none obtained. 



198— Plotus NOViE-HOLLANDi^, Gould, Bds. Aust. Handbook II, 

 sp. 657 ; Eamsay, List Aust. Bds., sp. 732. 



Several specimens, obtained by Mr. Goldie and Mr. H. 

 Shaw while encamped at Shaw's Lagoon, fifteen miles inland 

 from " Boiara," a village on the coast, about twelve miles to the 

 north-west of Port Moresby. I have also seen a specimen from 

 the Laloki River, obtained during Mr. Goldie's first expedition. 



199. — Phalacrocorax melanoleucus, Vieill. 



Only one specimen obtained, shot about fifteen miles inland 

 from Port Moresby. 



