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fAUNULA OF NEW HOLLAND. 



AQUATIC. 



Heron. 



Jsis 



Plover. 



Oyster 

 Catcher. 



CLOVEN FOOTED. 



White-fronted, Phillip, p. 163. The forehead, part of the 

 cheeks and throat are uhite ; the feathers on the lower part of 

 the neck hang long and loofe, and are of a redclifh cinnamon 

 color; helly of the fame color, but lighter ; back, wings, and tail 

 bluidi afh ; primaries and tail almoft black; legs yellowifl:ibrow^n; 

 length of the whole bird twenty-eight inches ; fliot at Port 

 Jack/on. 



JVood, Latham, v. 104. White-headed, Ind. Zool. ii. 47. tab. 

 xi. Dampier, iii. 187. Thefe birds are common to the fouth- 

 ern parts of North America, to Ceylon, and to Nezv Holland, and 

 are well reprefented in the Indian Zoology. 



Red-necked, Latham,-^. 112. The head and neck are black; 

 on each fide of the neck is a green chefnut fpot, almoli meeting 

 behind; plumage afli color above, white beneath; fize of a 

 Purre. 



Briti/h Zool. ii, N* 213, Ar£l. Zool. ii. N° 406, exadly like the 

 European kind ; only thofe of P^an Diemen\ Land are entirely 

 black. 



WEB FOOTED. 



AvosETTA. ■ American, Arci. Zool. ii. N° 421. Latham, v. 296. Dampier, iii. 

 p. 85. The head, neck, and breafl: are of reddiih cream color; 

 back black. Inhabits the northern parts of North America, and 

 Sharks bay on the weftern fide of Neiv Holland. 



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