MO 



Black-sWan, 



Tortoises. 



LiZAKOS. 



FAUNULA OF NEW HOLLAND. 



thighs black ; belly and rump white ; a collar of the fame color 

 encircles the lower part of the neck ; toes webbed only half way 

 from the bafe. Defcribed in Dr. Latba7n\ ingenious eflay on 

 the T'rachea of Birds : Linn, Tranf. iv. p. 103. E. 



Lobatedf Nat. Mifc. 255 : diftinguiQiable from all its congeners 

 by the fingnlar black wattle or appendage attached beneath the 

 lower mandible. E. 



I SHALL clofe the lift with the Shawian, Dr black fwan, that 

 rara avis in terris., which I name in honor of the firft publifher 

 of the once doubted bird, defcribed and engraven in his elegant 

 work the Naturali/Ts MiJ'cellany, vol. iii. tab. 108. It is in fize fu- 

 perior to the white. The bill is of a rich fcarlet, near the tip is 

 a fmall yellow fpot. The whole plumage of the moffc intenfe 

 black, except the primaries and fecondaries, which are white; 

 the eyes black, the feet dufky : it is found in Hawk/berry river, 

 and other frefli waters near Broken bay, and has all the graceful 

 adions of the white kind. 



The 'fejludo midas^ or green turtle, is found on thefe coafts, and 

 abounds on thofe of the iilands of Norfolk and Howe. The Tejludo 

 marina, Raii-Syn. ^adr. 257; or Loggerhead of Catejhy, ii. 40; is 

 alfo frequent. The fuperior delicacy of the firft is owing to its 

 feeding entirely on the marine vegetables ; the ranknefs of the 

 laft, to its Hving on fliell fifti and Crujiacea. 



Lizards and ferpents are very numerous in Nezv Holland: 

 Mr. ?Fbite has given feveral good figares of different fpecies ; 

 they are all of the innocent tribe ; among the firft the Seine-formed 

 lizard, tab. 30, diftinguillied by its fliort thick tail ; the muri- 

 cated, tab. 31, with rows of Iharp pointed fcales, and a very long 



tail ; 



