Collection of Birds from Western Austral/ a. 173 



Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Brandt). 

 Phalacrocoraos sulcirostris Math. p. 37. 



a, ? . Laverton, 13th Oct. 



b, c. g . Upper (lascoyne River, 21st Oct. 



Iris emerald-green ; hill dull black, of a dull slate- or 

 hrownish-flesh-colour below ; pouch and base of the bill 

 dull violet. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 23'5-26*0 inches. 



[The Little Black Cormorant frequents pools and rivers 

 and cxteuds far inland. It does not seem to occur alone 

 the coast. — G. C. S.~\ 



BlZIURA LOBATA (Shaw). 



Biziura lobata Math. p. 37. 



a, b. [ cJ.] King River, 6th & 7th Feb. 



c, d. [ ? .] Kalgan, 28th Feb. 

 e. [ c? .] York, 2nd Jan. 



Iris dark brown ; bill olive-black ; lower mandible 

 suffused with dull pink at the extremity ; legs slaty- 

 black. 



The male of this species is very much larger than the 

 female, the bill and feet being especially so. 



"Wing. Middle toe with claw. 



3c?... 7-9-8-2 inches 3'7 



2 ? . . . 6-6-6-8 „ 2-9 



[The Musk-Duck rarely, if ever, takes flight when dis- 

 turbed ; at the slightest sound it dives under the water and 

 remains there for a considerable time. — G. C. S.~\ 



Stictonetta nvevosa (Gould). 



Stictonetta navosa Math. p. 36. 



a. Ad. Southern Cross, 16th Aug. 



Iris brown ; bill dark olivaceous ; legs of a bluish-slate- 

 colour. 



[I found the Freckled Duck a rare bird ; it is most 

 numerous in the interior, and sometimes visits the inland 

 parts of the western division in flocks, after the rains. — 

 G. C. S.] 



