146 MORGAN — Ornithological Trip, St. Vincent and Spencer Gulfs. 



21. Numcnius cyanops — Sea Curlew. — A pair seen near the 

 Outer Harbour. 



, 22. Limnocinclus acuminata — Sharp-tailed Stint. — Seen at 

 the Spit. 



23. Burhinus magnirostris — Scrub Curlew. — Very common 

 on Wedge Island. 



24. Notophoyoe novaehollandiae — White-fronted Heron 

 (Blue Crane). — Seen in the Port River only. 



25. Chenopis atrata — Black Swan. — A few birds seen on 

 the Spit. 



26. Hypoleucus fuscescens — White-breasted Cormorant. — 

 This is an open sea bird. They do not seem to care for the 

 calmer water of the upper part of the Gulf. The first birds 

 were met with near Kangaroo Island, and after that at the 

 Spit, Althorpes, Pondalowie Bay, the Wedge and Troubridge 

 Islands. At the Spit, the Althorpes, and the Wedge it was 

 ,much the commoner of the two species; at Troubridge it was 

 the rarer, and it was not seen at all about the Outer Harbour. 



Four birds were^shot. They measured: — 



Sex Total Length 



62.5 cm. 



61 cm. 



68 cm. 



64.25 cm. 



No. 4 was an immature bird, the sex of which could not 

 be ascertained. Two birds, Nos. 2 and 3, weighed respec- 

 tively 4| lbs. and 3 lbs. The others were not weighed. 



Iris, sea green; gular pouch, black, except in No. 3, in 

 which it was dark grey; legs and feet, black in all; bare skin 

 in front of and around the eye, black; bill, black. 



As all the literature to which I have access gives the bare 

 skin as purple I thought this might be a new sub-species, but 

 to make sure wrote to Mr. F. M. Littler on the subject. He 

 replied as follows: — "I have not handled a white-breasted 

 shag in the flesh for some little time, and there are none about 

 here, but from. memory the bare skin is Mack. It is, of course, 

 black in skins, but I have thought over the matter, and feel 

 as sure as I can be that it is black also in the flesh. Mr. H. 

 C. Thompson agrees with me. I asked him his opinion before 

 I told him/ what I thought." 



No. 1 



• • 3 



No. 2 



.. 9 



No. 3 . . 



.. 2 



No. 4 . . 



? 



Wing 



Spread. 



48 cm. 



104 cm. 



45.5 cm. 



99 cm. 



48 cm. 



Ill cm. 



47 cm. 



97 cm. 



