1. roiiicipjis. 



519 



6. Podicipes novae hollandi». 



New Holland Gn^be, Lath. Gen. Hist. x. p. .-JS (182 1) 

 Podiceps nova, hollandi^e Steph. in ma^A Gen^Z.oLxm. pt. i. p. 18 

 (18Jb) [Australia] ; G. H. Gray, Gen. B. iii, p. 033 (184(! -id 



p. 200 18/0; 111. p.^02(l878)[LalokiRiverl; iv p l6-> 1879 

 id. lah. List Amtr B n •^■>i\^>i.A\. \t V/ ^ V <; -A I' 

 ^«.-^r. p. 318 (1889J ^ --(^^^^^' ^'^'•'/'' ^V«-^<« -^^ -K/y« li. 

 Podicep3 miuor, 6V% («.. 6W,), /«. i?,,V. Qvu. pi. Ixxv. %. 1 



^'°?£^"^il' /?""?' '^^■^)}^^^- 1^5 tNew South Wales]; 

 (1843), G. M. Gray, List of B. ^t. iii. p. 151 (1844)- Reichenb 

 ^atatores YA.l:i. uos. 758, 759 (1850; f G. R.Grai cTbN 

 Gum.^. (33 (1859); Gould, Handh. B. Au.tr ii t, Slf/mV-/;: 



1882, p. O.M [New Ualedoma] ; i)'.4/6. 4'- ,SW(;«r/. Ijnw 1/L OV 

 Geno,. xviu. p. 411 (1882) ; ^alrad. Orl Pap. iii. p 469 (188? ' 



^cZmZ^ ia hreeding-phmage. General colour above sooty-black 

 washed with grey oa the back aud wing-coverts; forehead, top o 



shadin^iTfn f ■ f "^ ""^r^ 1^"^'^' °^ ^^'^ ^'"^^-"^'^'^ deep black, 



!^n -d ";^° b™«'°'«'^ °" fcl^^ basal part; a dark cliestnut baud on 



^ninf h f- 5' T^' "^''^^ -^"'^"^"J- ^"'^ terminating in a narrow 

 point behind the posterior margin of the eye; sides of the 

 lower back and rump white more or less tinged with rufous • 

 upper part of the chest, sides, flanks, and vent more or less' 

 mixed with snioky-black; rest of the underparts shining white- 

 pnmary-quills brown, with the basal part of both webs white, the' 

 amount ot white gradually increasing so that the eleventh nuill has 

 the basal two-thirds pure white and the terminal third brown • the 

 outer secondaries arc similarly coloured, but the wliite gradually 

 increases so that on the middle and inner secondaries the brown is 

 reduced to a marginal band on the terminal part of the outer web 

 and the remaining parts of the feathers as well as the shafts are 

 ^"h"' /n°« no'"^^^ "?°"* 9-5 inches, culmen from feathers on 

 forehead 0-8-0-9 wing 4-2-4-5, tarsus i-4, outer toe and claw 1-85 



Adult in non-breeding pJamage. Differs from the above in havino 

 the chin, throat, .;heeks, sides, and fore-part of the neck white like 

 the rest ol the underparts. 



Yonng bird. Has tlie sides of the head and neck patterned with 

 longitudinal stripes of brownish black and white, but is otherwise 

 similar to the adult in winter plumage. 



Hub. Java; Australia; .\ew Guinea ; Xew Caledonia. 



h ^\ t'.V ^"f ™' '\ ■ Sir T. Mitchell [P.]. 



^ AH i S. Australia (0,^/.^/«r/). Gould Coll. "- ^ 



«. Aa. sK. S. Australia. Capt.Sturt,R.N.fP.J. 



