1. PHALACHOCOKAX. 



397 



l"S5-2, -n-ing 9-5-1 0-4, tail 3-7-4, tarsus 2-15, outer toe and claw 

 3-4. 



//«/>. East and South coasts of Australia ; Tasmania ; Louisiade 

 Archipelago. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 

 d. Imm. sk. 



[South Australia.] 

 New South Wales. 



Tasmania. 



Lewis, Tasmania. 



Gould Coll. 

 Australian Museum 



[P.]. 

 E. P. Ramsay, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Gould Coll. 



31. Phalacrocorax hypoleucus. (Fig. 9.) 



Carbo hypoleucos, Brandt, Bull. Acnd. St. Petersh. iii. p. 5.5 (1837). 

 Phalacrocorax hypoleucus, Gould, B. Austr. vii. pi. 68 (1843). 

 Phalacrocorax varius, Gould {nee Gmel.), Handb. B.Anstr. ii. p. 490 



(1865) [part, Australia] ; Walker, Ibis, 1892, p. 258 [Adele I.,N.W. 



Australia]. 

 Graculus varius, Finsch, J.f. O. 1870, p. 376; 1872, p. 258 (Great 



Barrier) ; G. R. Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 128 (1871) [part] ; Ramsay, 



Tab. List Austr. B. p. 24 (1888) ; North, Nests ^ Egys Austr. B. 

 p. 365 (1889). 



Fig. 9. — v. hypoleucus. 



Adult. Very similar to the adult of P. gouldi, but at once 

 distinguished by its much longer bill and by the feathering on 

 the throat, which is not continued along the lower mandible beyond 

 the commissure. " Iris pale green ; bare space in front of eye 

 bright orange, eyelid alid naked skin beneath the eye rich indigo- 

 blue ; throat and cheeks light bluish ash ; bill dark horn-colour, 

 lighter at the tip; legs and feet black" (Gould). Total length 

 about 27 inches, culmen 2-7, wing IQ-S, tail 4-7, tarsus 2-35, outer 

 toe and claw 3-8. 



Mab. West Australia, 



a. 2 ad. sk. Freycinet's Harbour, Shark Bav, Voyage of H.M.S. 

 W. Australia, April 10 (F M. 'Herald.' 



Rayner) . 



