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suitable bush standing in or near the water. Eggs two to four 

 in number for a sitting, oval in form, of a pale bluish-white, and 

 usually coated more or less with lime. Measurements of a set in 

 the Dobroyde Museum Collection are as follows ; — length (A) 

 1-9 X 1-25 inch; (B) 1-93 x 1-25 inch. 



Specimens in the Macleayan Museum Collection, and others 

 taken by Mr. K. H. Bennett give the same average measurements. 



Sab. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 

 Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New 

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

 South-West Australia, South Coast New Guinea, and Lord Howe 

 Island. (JBamsay.') 



GRAOULUS STICTOCEPHALUS, Bonapwrte. 

 Little Black Cormorant. 

 Gould, Handhk. Bds. Aust , Vol. ii., sp. 656, p. 495. 



This species is widely distributed over the Australian Continent 

 and is found inhabiting most of the lakes and rivers of the interior 

 of New South Wales. Eggs in form elongated ovals^ of a pale 

 bluish-white, thickly coated with lime. Length (A) 2-12 x 1-47 ^ 

 inches; (B) 2-09 x 1-48 inches. 



Three specimens in the Macleayan Museum Collection, taken 

 on the Darling River in 1882, give the following dimensions : — , 

 length (A) 2'1 x 1-42 inches ; (B) 2-05 x 1-42 inches ; (C) 2-18 x , 

 1'45 inches. 



October and November comprise the breeding season of this 

 species. 



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

 District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, 

 New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, West 

 and South-West Australia. (Ramsay.) 



