SYSTEMATIC INDEX. xv 



White-capped Albatross (Thalassogeron cautus) ... 187 



Flat-billed Albatross (Thalassogeron culminatus) . . . 188 



Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassogeron chlororhynchus) 189 



Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria fuliginosa) ... ... ... 189 



ORDER PL ATALE^E. 



FAMILY IBIDID^ : IBISES. 



Straw-necked Ibis (Carphibis spinicollis) ... ... 190 



Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) ... ... ... 191 



ORDER HERODIONES : HERONS. 



FAMILY AEDEID^ : HEEONS PEOPEE. 



Egret (Herodias timoriensis) ... ... ... ... 192 



White-fronted Heron (Notophoyx novce-hollandite) ... 192 



White-necked (Pacific) Heron (N. pacifica) ... ... 193 



Eeef-Heron (Demiegretta sacra) ... ... ... 194 



Night-Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) ... ... ... 195 



Bittern (Botaurus poeciloptilus) ... ... ... ... 195 



ORDER STEGANOPODES : PELICANS. 



FAMILY PHALACEOCOEACIDJE : COEMOEANTS. 

 SUB-FAMILY PHALACROCOEACIN m . 



Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) ... ... 197 



Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) . . . 198 



White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax gouldi) ... 199 



Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucus) . . . 200 



FAMILY SULIDJE : GANNETS. 



Gannet (Sula serrator) ... ... ... ... ... 201 



FAMILY PELECANID^E : PELICANS. 



Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) ... ... ... 202 



ORDER PYGOPODES : DIVING BIRDS. 



FAMILY PODICIPEDID^ : GEEBES. 



Black-throated Grebe (Podicipes novce-hollandice) ... 203 

 Hoary-headed Grebe (Podicipes poliocephalus) ... 204 

 Tippet Grebe (Podicipes cristatus) ... ... ... 205 



