SYSTEMATIC INDEX. xv 



White-capped Albatross {Tltalassogeroti caiitus) ... 187 



Flat-billed Albatross {Thalassogeron culminatus) ... 188 



Yellow-nosed Albatross {ThaJassogerojt clilororhynchns) 189 



Sooty Albatross {Phcebetria fuliginosa) ... ... ... 189 



ORDER— PLA^TALE^. 



FAMILY— IBIDID^ : IBISES. 



Straw-necked Ibis {Carphibis spinicoUis) ... ... 190 



Glossy Ibis {Plegadis falcinellus) ... ... ... 191 



ORDER— HERODIONES : HERONS. 



FAMILY— ARDEIDiE : HERONS PROPER. 



Egret {Herodias timoriensis) 



White-fronted Heron (NotophoTjx nov(e-hollandi(i') 



White-necked (Pacific) Heron (N. pacifica) ... 



Reef-Heron (Demiegretta sacra) 



Night-Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) ... 



bittern (Botaurus poeciloptilus) ... 



192 

 192 

 193 

 194 

 195 

 195 



ORDER— STEGANOPODES : PELICANS. 



FAMILY— PHALACROCORACID^ : CORMORANTS. 

 Sub-Family — PHALACROCORACiNiE. 



Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) ... ... 197 



Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) . . . 198 



White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax gouldi) ... 199 



Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax ynelanoleucus) ... 200 



FAMILY— SULID^ : GANNETS. 



Gannet (Sula serrator) ... ... ... ... ... 201 



FAMILY— PELECANID^ : PELICANS. 



Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatvs) ... ... ... 202 



ORDER— PYGOPODES : DIVING BIRDS. 



FAMILY— PODICIPEDID^ : GREBES. 



Black-throated Grebe (Podicipes novce-hollandice) ... 203 

 Hoary-headed Grebe (Podicipes poliocephalus) . . . 204 

 Tippet Grebe (Podicipes cristaUis) ... ... ... 205 



