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suitable bush standing in or near the water. Eggs two to four 
in number for a sitting, oval in form, of a pale bluish-white, and 
usually coated more or less With lime. Measurements of a set in 
the Dobroyde Museum Collection are as follows : — length (A) 
1-9 x 1'25 inch; (B) 1-93 xl'25 inch. 
Specimens in the Macleayan Museum Collection, and others 
taken by Mr. K. H. Bennett give the same average measurements. 
Ilab. Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, 
Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New 
South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, Tasmania, West and 
South-West Australia, South Coast Now Guinea, and Lord Howe 
Island. (Ramsay.) 
GRACULUS STTCTOCEPITALUS, Bonaparte. 
Little Black Cormorant. 
Gould, Handbk. hds. Aust , Vol. ii., sp. 656, p. 495. 
This species is widely distributed over the Australian Continent 
and is found inhabiting most of the lakes and rivers of the interior 
of New Soutli Wales. Eggs in form elongated ovals, of a pale 
bluish-white, thickly coated with lime. Length (A) 2T2 x 1-47 
inches; (B) 2 - 09 x l - 48 inches. 
Three specimens in the Macleayan Museum Collection, taken 
on the Darling River in 1882, give the following dimensions :— 
length (A) 2T x D42 inches ; (B) 2-05 x P42 inches ; (C) 2T8 x 
P45 inches. 
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October and November comprise the breeding season of this 
species. 
Ilab. Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay 
District, Dawson River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, 
New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, West 
and South-West Australia. (Ramsay.) 
