366 FEIiECANID^. 



being of a pale bluish-white, ■with* the surface of the shell partially 

 obscured by a coating of lime ; they vary both in form and size ; 

 five specimens in the Dobroyde Collection, taken by the late Mr. S. 

 White, give the following measurements : — length (A) 2'11 x 1-43 

 inches ; (B) 2-37 x 1-5 inches ; (C) 2-35 x 1'4 inches ; (D) 2'39 x 

 1-41 inches ; (E) 2'37 x 1-35 inches 



Hab. Wide Bay District, New South Wales, Victoria and 

 South Australia, West and South- West Australia. {Ramsay.) 



GRACULUS LEUCOGASTER, Gould. 

 White-breasted Cormorant. 

 Gould, Hcmdhk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii.; sp. 654, p. 492. 



The White-breasted Cormorant ranges over the southern portions 

 of the continent of Australia, the islands of Basais Straits, and 

 Tasmania. It builds a nest of sticks and sea-weed on the rocky 

 islets off the coast of Tasmania and South Australia, and lays two 

 eggs of a pale bluish-white, thickly coated with lime. An average 

 specimen from South Australia measures 2'1 inches in length by 

 1'35 inch in breadth. 



ffab. 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 MELANOLEUCUS, Vieillot. 



Little Black and White Cormorant. 



Gould, Sandhh. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii;, sp. 655, p. 493. 



This species is distributed over the greater portions of Australia 

 and Tasmania, and is particHilarly plentiful on the inland rivers 

 and lagoons. In new South Wales it breeds during the inoriths 

 of October and November, constructing a nest of sticks on some 



