2. PLOTUS. 



419 



webs of the iunermost secondaries and middle pair of tail-feathers 

 show merely slight traces of transverse rays. 



Hah. Australia, ranging to South-east New Guinea and Xew 

 Zealand. 



a,b. c? $ ad. sk. 



c. $ juv. sk. 



d. cS ad. slf. 



e. $ ad. sk. 



f,g. cJ2ad.sk. 

 h, i. (5 ad. sk. 

 k. 2 ad. sk. 

 /. S ad. sk. 

 m. 2 ad. sk. 



n-p. S 'id. et 2 



iram. st. 

 (J. 2 imtn. .sk. 

 r. 2 ad. sk. 



Australia. 

 Australia. 

 Australia. 



Mt. Anderson, N.W.Australia,- 

 Nov. 10 i^T. R. Bowxjer 

 Bower). 



Victoria River, Feb. 10. 



Queensland {J. T. Cocker ell). 



New South Wales. 



New South Wales. 



New South Wales. 



New South "Wales. 



South Australia. 



[India.] 



Sir T. MitcheU [P.]. 

 Sir George Grey [P.]. 

 Metcalfe Smith, Esq. 



Capt. Bowyer Bower 



fp.J. 



J.R.Elsey,Esq.[P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Australian Museum 



[P.]._ 

 Australian Museum 



Sir George Grey [P.]. 

 Sir Georee Elliot 



[P.]. 



4. Plotns anhinga. 



L'Anhinga, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 476 (1760) [Brazil & Cayenne]. 

 Plotus anhinga, i?>?». S. N. i. p. 218 (1766) ; Gmel. S. N. i. pt. ii. 



p. 580 (1788); Lath. hid. Orn. ii. p. 895 (1790|; Lacip. Sf 



Daudin, in Buff. Hist. Nat (18mo, Didot), Quadr. xiv. p. .319, Ois. 



xvii. p. 74 (1799) ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. i. p. 544 (1816) ; 



Steph. in Shaivs Gen. Zuol. xiii. pt. i. p. 132 (1826) ; Wied, Beitr. iv. 



p. 900 (1832) ; Schinz, Nat. Abhild., Viig. p. 390, pi. 134. fig. 



(1833); Nutt. Man. Orn. p. 507 (1834); And. Orn. Biog. iv. 



p. 136, pi. 316 (1838) : id. B. Amer. vii. p. 154, pi. 420 (1839) ; 



G. B. Gray, List of B. pt. iii. p. 181 (1844) : Tschudi, Faun. 



Peru., Orn. p. 314 (1845) ; G. R. Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 664 (1848) ; 



Cab. in Schomb. Faun. Brit. Guian. p. 764 ( 1848) ; Beichenb. Nafa- 



tores, pi. xxxii. nos. 354-5, pi. cvi."^ nos. 2945-6 (1850) ; Lembeye, 



Av Cuba, p. 120, pi. 19 (1850) ; Bonap. Consp. Av. ii. p. 180 (1855) ; 



Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 207 [Jalapa] ; Chmdl J. f. 0. 1857, p. 239 



[Cuba], 1861, p. 340; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 65 [I'eten Lake]; 



Sclater ^- Salv. Lbis, 1859, p. 233 [Peteu Lake] ; Baird, B. N. Amer. 



p. 883 (1860); Breu-er. Pr. Bost. Soc. vii. p. 308 (1860) [Cuba] ; 



Tai/lor, Ibis, 1860, p. 316 [Honduras] ; Gundl. J.f. O. 1862, p. 96 



[Cahfi] ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas,\\. Pelec. p. 25 (1863) ; Taylor, IbiK, 



1864, p. 96 [Orinoco] ; Fitz. Atl. Nat. Vog. fig. 337 (1864) ; Baird, 



J.f. O. 1866, p. ,343 [England] ; Dresser, Ibis, 1866, p. 45 [Texas] ; 



V. Fnmtz. J. f. 0. 1869, p. 379 [Costa Rica] ; G. R. Gray, Hand-l. 



B. iii. p. 125 (1871); Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 306 (1872); 



Sclat. I Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. ;304 [E. Peru] ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 



1873, p. 2, fig. [Maranham] ; Gundl. J. f. O. 1875, p. 405 [Cuba : 



habits]; Lawr. Bull. U.S. Nat. 3Ius. iv. p. 50 (1876) [S.W. 



Mexico] ; Broim, Bull. Nutt. Orn. C. iv. p. 13 (1879) [Alabama]; 



Maynard, B. E. N. Amer. p. 470 (1881) ; Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1881, 



p. 247 ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1881 , p. 248 ; Brewst. Bull. Nutt. 



Orn. C. vi. p. 41 (1881) [Florida]; Brown, Bull. Nutt. Orn. C. 



vii. p. 42 (1882) [South-west Texas] ; Coues. Bull. Nutt. Orn. C. 



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