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Phalacrocorax flavirh^nchus. Crown of the head, back of the neck, back, rump and under tail- 
coverts deep black ; wing-coverts and scapularies dark slaty black, margined with jet black ; primaries, 
secondaries, and tail dark slaty black ; line from the nostrils over each eye, throat, forepart of the neck, 
and under surface white ; bill bright orange yellow, with a blackish brown culmen ; feet black. 
Total length, 23 inches ; bill, 2^ ; wing, 9f ; tail, 6^ ; tarsi, 1 1. 
Habitat. The east coast of New South Wales ? 
This species is distinguished from the preceding by its much smaller size, and by the conspicuous 
line of white over each eye. 
