JIA SHUFEhDT, Osteology of Hayris's CormorcDit. [isf"oct. 



Fig 22. — Right tarso metatarsus and accessory metatarsal ol N. havrisi. 



Anterior view. From the same skeleton that furnished 



the bones ;;pen in fig. 21. 

 Fig. 2},. — Left pelvic limb (complete) of A^. harrisi. Internal or 



mesial aspect. From the same skeleton that furnished the 



trunk skeleton shown in figs. 16 and 19 and other bones in 



the plates. Note large sesamoid above the tarso-metatarsus. 

 Fig. 24. — Right femur of N. harrisi. Anterior view. (No. 19,628, 



Coll. U.S. Nat. Mus.) Same skeleton as shown in part in 



figs. 16, 19, and other figures on the plate. 

 Fig. 25. — Right pectoral limb of N. harrisi. Palmar aspect, and 



complete. (No. 19.628, Coll. U.S. Nat Mus.) From the 



same skeleton that furnished the pelvic limb figured on 



this plate. 

 Fig. 26. — Skeleton of the left maniis, including carpal bones, of P. 



carbo. Adult. Palmar aspect. (No. 18,851, Coll. U.S. 



Nat. Mus.) See figs. 10, 11, and 14 of Plate XVI., which 



are bones from the same skeleton. 

 Fig. 27. — Left humerus of P. carbo. Anconal aspect. From same 



limb as the previous figure. (No. i8,8si, Coll. U.S. Nat. 



Mus.) 

 Fig. 28. — Left radius of the Cormorant (P. carbo''. Supero-palmar 



surface. (No. 18,85:, Coll. U.S. Nat. ilus.) See figs. 26, 27, 



and 29 of this plate ; also figs, 10, 11, and 14 of Plate XVI. 



Fig 29. — Left 7ilna of P. carbo. Supero-anconal surface. (No. 

 18,851, Coll. U.S. Nat. Mus.) For other bones of this 

 skeleton see references under previous figure. 



Nesting of the Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax 

 carbo) in Tasmania. 



By (Miss) J. A. Fletcher, R.A.O.U., Springfield (Tas.) 



My sisters and I, some years ago, were spending the Michaelmas 

 vacation at Bridport, which is the nearest seaport to Springfield. 

 I had chosen this trip, being anxious to study the bird-life of the 

 surrounding district, and also to see if Fairy Martins [Petrochelidon 

 ariel), a species reported as breeding at Bridport in 1883, were 

 present. In this I was disappointed, and also with regard to the 

 district's bird-life, for, though much country was traversed, few 

 interesting notes were made. Snakes, however, were numerous, 

 and I found myself wondering what they lived upon. 



I identified the Forty-spotted Pardalote (Pardalotiis qiiadragintus) 

 in some timber on the way down, and at Bridport found the haunt 

 of a pair of Azure Kingfishers {Alcyone aziirea). The presence of 

 Black Cormorants {Phalacracorax carbo) attracted my attention, and 

 I observed that, in the evening, they always flew in one direction. 

 Watching them carefully, I came to the conclusion that the birds 

 remained in this locality for nesting. 



