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F A U N y L A OF NEW II O L L A N D. 



White-vented, White's Botany Bay, 251. tab. 36. This fpecies 

 is wholly black, except the vent, the tip of the tail, and the bafe, 

 which are white. A white fpot marks the lower part of the 

 primaries ; tail long, and even at the end ; fize of a magpye. 

 Inhabits Botany Bay. 

 Grakle. Tellovo-faced, Lath. Syn. vii. p. 91 : orbits of a fine yellow, naked 



and wrinkled ; head, neck, and whole upper part of the body 

 and wings black ; the laft croffcd with a white line ; breaft and 

 belly white ; legs yellow. 

 KiNcs-FisHER. Great Brown, PL Enl. 663. Lath. Syn. ii. p. 609. Phillip, 287. 

 tab. 53. This is fometimes found eighteen inches long ; the head 

 covered with long feathers erigible at pleafure ; white, croffed 

 with duflvy lines ; a black bed paffcs from the bill beyond the 

 eyes down the fides of the neck ; back dulky ; middle of the 

 wings and rump of gloffy blue green ; tail barred with ruft 

 color and purplifli black. 



The Sacred, Phillip, 156. tab. 22. Latham, ii. 623. yar. D. is 

 common to New Holland and New Guinea. It may be concluded 

 "that many birds of the northern part of Nezv Holland, are com- 

 mon to both countries, being fo near to each other ; crown, hind 

 part of the head, back, wings, and tail blue, tinged with green ; 

 all the fore part of the body white; neck encircled with the 

 fame color. 

 Tonus. Flavigajier, Latham, index, i. 2CS. Bill lliort ; head, throat, and 



all the upper parts dufky grey ; all beneath yellow ; length fix 

 inches. 

 Bee-eater. Carunciilated, Phillip, p. 164. tab. 28. Latham, index, i. 276. 



The cheeks naked; on^each fide of the throat is a narrow long- 

 wattle of an orange color ; plumage brown, flreaked with white; 



tail 



