150 Zoology. 



No. 260. Black-jointed Gallinule, Lath. MS. ; id. Gen. Hist. 

 B., ix., p. 427 (1824). 

 Porphyrio melanonotus (Temm.), Sharpe, Cat. B., xxiii., 

 p. 205. 

 Watling gives the following note : " Native name Goo-la- 

 war-ring. Reduced by scale to half the size of the bird the 

 drawing from. A.ugust. A rare bird ; frequents swamps." 

 No. 261. Black-jointed Gallinule, Lath. MS. 

 "Watling says : " One third the natural size. November." 

 No. 263. New Holland Grebe, Lath. [MS.], Gen. Hist., x., 

 p. 33. 

 Podlcipes novae hollandise (Stephens, ex Lath.), Grant, 

 Cat. B., xxvi., p. 519. 

 On this figure Latham founded his description of the New 

 Holland Grebe (Podicipes novae hollandiae). Stephens gave the 

 Latin title, from Latham's description. 



Watling says : " One fifth of the natural size. Native name 

 Mag-a-ger." 



No. 265. American Avocet, Lath., Gen. Syn., iii., part i., 

 p. 295 (part). 

 Pecurvirostra novae hollandiae (Vieill.), Sharpe, Cat. B., 

 xxiv., p. 333. 

 Watling says : " 22 inches from the extremities. This bird 

 is found along the shores of the sea coast." 

 No. 266. American Avocet, Lath. 

 Watling says : " Native name AntiquaticJi." 

 No. 267. American Avocet, Lath. 



Watling's note : " The natural size. This is a rare bird ; only 

 been seen on some lagoons. A species of the Avocetta." 

 No. 269. White Albatross, Lath. 



Watling says : " The bird this drawing was taken from was 

 caught some distance from the entrance to Port Jackson 

 at sea." 



No. 270. Crested Tern, Lath. 



Watling's note : " One fifth of its natural size. The female." 

 No. 270. Caspian Tern, var. B, Lath., Gen. Syn., iii., pt. ii, 

 p. 351 (1785). 

 Crested Tern, Lath., Gen. Hist., B., x., p. 101. 

 / Sterna cristata, Stephens, Gen. Zool., Aves, xiii., pt. i., 



p. 146 (1826). 

 Sterna hergii (Licht.), Saunders, Cat. B., xxv., p. 89. 

 This drawing is the type of Latham's description of the 



