LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Graucalus Gray, List Genera Birds, 2nd od., p. 101, Sept. 1841. Type (by original designation) : P. carbo Linn6. 
Not Graucalus Cuvior, Le Rdgne Anim., Vol. I., p. 341, Dec. 7th, 1816. 
Ecmeles Gistel, Naturg. Thierr. Schul., p. ix., (pref. Easter 1847) 1848. New name for Hydrocorax Vieillot. 
194. PHALACROCORAX CARBO. BLACK CORMORANT. 
[Pelecanus carbo Linne, Syat. Nat., 10th ed., p. 133, Jan. 1st, 1758 : Europe. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 66 (pt. xxxiv.), Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 2, pi. 219, 
Feb. 17th, 1915. 
Phalacrocorax novajhollandiro Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. XIII., pt. i., p. 93, Feb. 18th, 1826 : Tasmania, 
Phalacrocorax carboides Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. iv., App., p. 7, April 1838 : Tasmania. 
Carbo carbo westralis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I„ pt. 2, p. 33, April 2nd, 1912: Swan River, South-west 
Australia. 
Phalacrocorax carbo graccmeri Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. IV., pt. 2, p. 167, Feb. 17th, 1915: Graoemere, 
Queensland. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
CLXXVL Genus MESOCARBO. 
Mesocarbo Mathews and Iredale, Ibis, 1913, p. 415, July 1st. Type (by original designation): Carbo sulcirostris 
Brandt= C. ater Lesson. 
195. MESOCARBO ATER. LITTLE BLACK CORMORANT. 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 67 (pt. xxxv.). Dec. 1st, 1848. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 2, pi. 220, Feb. 
17th, 1915. 
Carbo ater Lesson, Trait6 d’Orn., 8e livr., p. 604, June 11th, 1831 : Shark's Bay, West Australia. 
Carbo sulcirostris Brandt, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., Vol. III., p. 56, 1837 : New South Wales. 
Microcarbo stictocephalus Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. II., p. 178, 1856 : New South Wales. 
Carbo squamaUis Pelzeln, Ibis, 1873, p. 124, Jan. 1st. Nomen nudum . 
Mesocarbo ater territori Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. IV., pt. 2, p. 176, Feb. 17th, 1915 : Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
CLXXVII. Genus HYPOLEUGUS. 
Hypoleucus Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. vii., 1852 (? 1853). Type (by original designation): Pelecanus 
varius Gmelin. 
Leucocarbo Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. II., p. 176, 1856. Type (by subsequent designation, Ogilvie- 
Grant, Cat. Birds Rrit. Mus., Vol. XXVT., p. 331, 1898) : Carbo bougainvUln Lesson. 
196. HYPOLEUCUS VARIUS. PIED CORMORANT. 
[Pelecanus varius Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 576, April 20th, 1789 : Queen Charlotte Sound, New 
Zealand. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. vn., pi. 68 (pt. xi.), June 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 2, pi. 222, Feb. 
17th, 1915. 
Carbo varius perthi Mathews y Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 88, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Perth, West Australia. 
Hypoleucus varius whitei Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. IV., pt. 2, p. 187, Feb. 17th, 1915: Lake Albert, South 
Australia. 
Distribution. Extra-tropical Australia and Tasmania. 
197. HYPOLEUCUS FUSCESCENS. WHITE-BREASTED CORMORANT. 
Gould, Vol. VII., pi. 69 (pt. xi.), June 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. IV., pt. 2, pi. 221, Feb. 
17th, 1915. 
Hydrocorax fuscescens Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., Vol. VIII., p. 86, March 15th, 1817 : “ Australasie = 
Tasmania. 
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