SYSTEMATIC INDEX. xv 



White-capped Albatross {Thalassogeron caiitus) ... 187 



Flat-hilled Alhatioss {Tliolassogeron culminatus) ... 188 



Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassogeron chlororhynchus) 189 



Sooty Albatross (P/icB& etna /liZi^inosa) 189 



ORDER— PL A.T ALE JE. 



FAMILY— IBIDID^ : IBISES. 



Straw-necked Ibis (Garphibis spinicollis) 190 



Glossy Ibis {Plegadis falcinellus) 191 



ORDER-^HERODIONES : HERONS. 



FAMILY— AEDEID^ : HERONS PROPER. 



Egret {Herodias tiinoriensis) ... ... ... ... 192 



White-fronted Heron {Notophoyx novcB-hollandia;) . . . 192 



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



Reef -Heron {Demiegretta sacra) ... ... ... 194 



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



'Bittern (Botaurus paeciloptilus) ... ... ... ... 195 



ORDER— STEGANOPODES : PELICANS. 



FAMILY— PHALACROGORACID^ : CORMORANTS. 



Sub-Family — PHALACEOcoRACiNiE . 



Black Cormorant {Phalacrocorax carbo) ... ... 197 



Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) . . . 198 



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



Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax melanoleucus) ... 200 



FAMILY— SULID^ : GANNETS. 



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



FAMILY— PELECANID^ : PELICANS. 



Pelican (Pelecanus conspicHlatus) ... ... ■■■ 202 



ORDER— PYGOPODES : DIVING BIRDS. 



FAMILY— PODICIPEDID.^ : GREBES. 



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

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

 Tippet Grebe (Podicipes cristatus) 205 



