DARTER. 453 



3— NEW-HOLLAND DARTER. 



SIZE of the Black-bellied Species. Bill straight, horn-coloured, 

 long, and pointed ; irides yellow ; neck rufous brown ; on each side 

 from the mouth, half down the neck, a long streak of white ; and 

 above this, on the under jaw, another shorter, both streaks edged 

 all round with black; throat black, and varying; at the lower part 

 of the neck the feathers edged with brown ; back black, shafts of 

 the feathers white ; upper wing coverts half black, half white, ap- 

 pearing for the most part white, the black space being nearly hid ; 

 breast black and glossy ; belly black, the feathers here and there 

 tinged with rufous ; quills black ; tail black, pretty long, the fea- 

 thers equal in length, uncommonly undulated, and stiff as parch- 

 ment, the quills extend almost to the end of it; legs yellow. 



Inhabits New South Wales, In the collection of Mr. H. Brog- 

 den, of Clapham. 



4— RUFOUS-WINGED DARTER. 



Anhinga roux du Senegal, Buf. viii. 453. PI. enl. 107. Ind. Orn. ii. 896. 2. y. 

 Rufous Darter, Gen. Syn. vi. 627. 2. Var. C. 



SIZE of the others ; and differs in having the head, neck, and 

 wing coverts dirty rufous and dusky brown, mixed in streaks ; the 

 rest of the plumage black. 



Inhabits Africa, particularly Senegal, known there by the name 

 of Kandar. 



