172 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on a 



margins of the orbit blue; bill of a flesh-colour, veined with 

 slate-blue, and becoming suffused over the top and towards 

 the end ; cutting edges of the terminal half and nail yellow ; 

 legs of a pale greenish-slate-colour. 



PLOTUS XOY.E-HOLLANDI.E Gould. 



Plotus nuvce-Jiollundue Math. p. 37. 



a. ? . Gascoyne River, 12th Sept. 



Iris light buff, freckled with grey; bill pale yellowish, dull 

 green along the culmen ; bare skin on the throat yellow ; 

 legs whitish-buff, tinged with pale bluish ; feet and webs 

 pale yellow. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 38 inches. 



[The Australian Darter was a rare bird. — G. C. S.~\ 



Phalacrocorax melanoleucus (Vieill.). 



Phalacrocorax melanoleucus Math. p. 37. 



a. ? . Big Grove, 30th March. 



/;. ? . Oyster Harbour, 2nd March. 



Iris dark brown; upper mandible dark slate-blue, tinged 

 with brown along the culmen, lower mandible yellow ; 

 pouch yellow; legs black. 



[The Little Cormorant was very plentiful around Albany 

 and Perth, but was not observed at Carnarvon.— G. C. S.~] 



Phalacrocorax hypoleucus (Brandt). 



Phalacrocorax hypoleucus Math. p. 37. 



a, b. £ et $ imm. Bernier Island, 7th & 11th July. 



Adult. Iris dull emerald-green, orbits and skin below the 

 eye bright peacock-blue, lores and a narrow line above and 

 below the eye bright orange-yellow ; pouch of a flesh-colour, 

 pinkish at the base ; bill slate-black ; legs black. 



Immature. Differs from the adult in having the orbits and 

 skin beneath the eye of a flesh-colour tinged with bluish ; 

 and the sides, under parts, and nail of the bill dull yellowish, 

 tinged and mottled with slate-colour. 



[The Pied Cormorant was very plentiful from Perth 

 northwards to Carnarvon, but was not observed around 

 Albany.— G. C. S.] 



