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3ab. Port Darwin and Port Essington, Cape York, R'ofikingham 

 Bay, Wide Bay District, South Coast New Guinea. {Ramsay.') 



Genus GRACULUS, Livnceus. 



GRACULUS NOV^-HOLLANDI^, Stephens. 

 Australian Cormorant. 

 Gould, Ha/ndhh. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii, sp. 652, p. 488, 



This bird is very common in nearly every part of Australia and 

 the whole of Tasmania. It builds a nest of sticks and aquatic 

 herbage, often placed ori a Polygonum bush or Caiuarina over- 

 hanging the ■v^ater. Eggs two in number for a sitting, although 

 frequently one only is found, in form they are elongated ovals, of a 

 pale bluish-white, the surface of the shell being almost entirely 

 hidden by a rough coating of lime. Length (A) 2'45 x 1'6 inches; 

 (B) 2-47 X 1-65 inches. 



Specimens ia the Macleayan Museum Collection give the 

 following measurements: — length (A) 2'38 x 1'45 inches; (B) 

 2-52 X 1-43 inches. 



Sab. Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay 

 District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South 

 Wales, Victoria and South Australia, Tasmania, West and South- 

 West Australia. {Ramsay. ) . 



GRACULUS VARIUS, Qtaelin. 

 Pied Cormorant. 

 Gouli. SwndlTe. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 653, p. 490. 



The late Mr. S. White, of the Reed Bedsj Souf h Australia, found 

 this species breeding in great numbers during the month of 

 November, on some islands off the South Australian coast, the 

 nidification is similar to that of the foregoing species, the eggs 



