Birds. 180 



likewise mentions having seen the species in the drawings in 

 Sir Joseph Banks' possession. The egg is figured on the plate, 

 and described by Latham. 



PI. 107. Pelecanus piscator, Forst. (nee Linn.). 



= Sida cyanops (Sund.) ; cf Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B., 



xxvi., p. 430. 

 "Norfolk Island, Oct. 9, 1774." 

 PL 108. Pelecanus plntus, Forst., Descr. Anim., p. 278 (1844 : 

 New Caledonia). 

 = Sulci sula (Linn.) ; cf. Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B., xxvi., 



p. 436. 

 " New Caledonia, 9,16 Sept., 1774." 

 PI. 109. Larus scopulinus, Forst., Descr. Anim., p. 106 (1844 : 

 New Zealand) ; Saunders, Cat. B., xxv., p. 238. 

 " New Zealand. He-talla." 

 PI. 110. Sterna serrata, Forst., Descr. Anim., p. 276 (1844: 

 New Caledonia). 

 = Sterna fuliginosa (Gin.); cf. Saunders, Cat. B., xxv., 



p. 106. 

 "New Caledonia, ?, Sept. 16th, 1774." 

 PI. 111. Ardea ferruginea, Forst., Descr. Anim., p. 274 

 (1844 : New Caledonia). 

 = Nycticorax caledonicus (Gm.) ; cf Sharpe, Cat. B., xxvi. , 



p. 158. 

 "New Caledonia, Sept. 11th, 1774." 

 A figure of this Night Heron is given in Cook's " Voyage " 

 (vol. ii., pi. 50). Latham founds his "Caledonian Night Heron" 

 (Gen. Syn.,iii., pt. 1, p. 15, 1785) on a description supplied to him 

 by Forster, whose drawing thus represents the type of the species. 

 PI. 112. Is apparently Demiegretta sacra. 

 PI. 113. Is a pencil sketch of a Heron, but there is no clue as 



to its identification. 

 PI. 114. Ardea jugular is, Forst., Descr. Anim., p. 172 (IS 11 : 

 Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand). 

 = Demiegretta sacra (Gm.) ; cf. Sharpe, Cat. B., xxvi. 

 p. 137. 

 PI. 115. Ardea palearis, Forst., Descr. Anim., p. 47 (184 I : 

 Cape of Good Hope). 

 = Bugeranus carunculatus (Gm.) ; cf Sharpe, Cat. B., xxiii., 

 p. 267. 

 The figure of the Wattled Crane is by " Shumacker," according 

 to Lichtenstein, but the drawing is signed " G. Forster, 1773." 



