582 BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 



Fanuly PELECAim)^. 



Genus PHALACROCORAX, Brisson.^ 



Sp. 24. PHALACROCORAX PUNCTATUS. 

 Spotted Cormorant. 



Pelecanus punctatus, Sparm. Mus. Carls., vol. i. t. 10. 



navius, Gmel. Linn., vol. i. p. 575. 



Phalacrocurax dilophus, Vieill. 



punctatus, Steph. Cont. of Shaw's Gen. Zool., vol. xiii. p. 88. 



naeviiis, Cuv. Regn. Anini., p. 565. 



Graculus punctatus, G. R. Gray, App. Dieff. Trav. in New Zeal., vol. ii. 



p. 201. 

 Crested Shag, Cook's last Voy., vol. i. p. 151. 

 Spotted Shag, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. vi. p. 602, pi. civ. 

 Pa-degga-degga, Aborigines of New Zealand. 



Phalacrocorax pimctatus, (jould, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. vii 

 pi. 71. 



This beautiful species of Cormorant is a native of New 

 Zealand ; but although numbers of Europeans have now for 

 many years visited those islands, it is extremely rare in our 

 collections, and the following brief note by Latham is all that 

 has been recorded respecting it. 



" Frequent in Queen Charlotte's Sound ; builds among the 

 rocks, and not imfrequently on trees when growing near the 

 water. The name it is there known by is Pa-degga-degga ^ 



It builds among rocks, and not unfrequently on trees when 

 growing near the water. 



Vertical and occipital crest, crown of the head, and throat 

 sooty black ; back of the neck, lower part of the back, and 

 rump glossy green ; a white stripe commencing above the eye 

 passes down each side of the neck to the flanks ; lower part 

 of the neck, chest, and abdomen beautiful leaden grey j under 

 tail-coverts and tail black ; mantle, scapularies, and yv^ings 



