138 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OF GEELONG 
Its general habits are those of all Cormorants, 
that is to say, it eats inordinate quantities of fish, and 
spends the intervals standing motionless on some 
prominent object near the water, at times expanding 
its wings and keeping them so, as if enjoying a sun- 
bath. 
LARGE BLACK-AND-WHITE CORMORANT 
Hypoleucus varius hypoleucus 
I CONSIDER this to be our next most plentiful Cor- 
morant after the Little Black-and-white. During an 
afternoon at Point Henry, August 24th, 191 2, we 
estimated that we saw about a hundred of these 
birds. I have noted it in small numbers on Lake 
Connewarre, but not at all on the ocean coast. 
It is a large bird, in general colour apparently 
black and white as it flies ; but examine a dead one 
and you will note that wings and mantle are of a 
metallic bronzy-green sheen, each feather being 
margined with black. The back and rump are dark 
greenish black, with reflections. The flanks are black. 
The whole under surface, including the under tail 
coverts, is white, as are the sides of the neck, leaving 
just a narrow strip of black down the back of the 
neck. On top of the head there are hoary-grey 
markings in the black. The tail feathers number 
eight. The eye is slate-colour ; bill light horn, 
bluish at base. The eyelid is bluish, like the base 
