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being of a pale bluish-white, with the surface of the shell partially 
obscured by a coating of lime ; tlioy vary both in form and size ; 
five specimens in the Dobroyde Collection, taken by the late M r. S. 
White, give the following measurements : — length (A) 2 • 11 x 1 -43 
inches; (B) 2'37 x 1-5 inches; (C) 2-35 x 1-4 inches; (D) 2-39 x 
1 *41 inches; (E) 2-37 x 1-35 inches 
H'ab. Wide Bay District, New South Wales, Victoria and 
South Australia, West and South-West Australia. [Ramsay.) 
GRACULUS LEUCOGASTER, Gould. 
White-breasted Cormorant. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 654, p. 492. 
The White-breasted Cormorant ranges over the southern portions 
of the continent of Australia, the islands of Bass’s Straits, and 
Tasmania. It builds a nest of sticks and sea-weed on the rocky 
islets oiF the coast of Tasmania and South Australia, and lays two 
eggs of a pale bluish-white, thickly coated with lime. An average 
specimen from South Australia measures 2'1 inches in length by 
1 *35 inch in breadth. 
Ilab. Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence 
Rivers Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, 
Tasmania, West and South-West Australia. (Ramsay ) 
GRACULUS MELANOLEUCUS, Vieillot. 
Little Black and White Cormorant. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 655, p. 493. 
This species is distributed over the greater portions of Australia 
and Tasmania, and is particularly plentiful on the inland rivers 
and lagoons. In new South Wales it breeds during the months 
of October and November, constructing a nest of sticks on some 
