652 Messrs. H. C. Robinson and W. S. Laverock on 
118. fGrARZETTA nigripes (Temm.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 122. 
A single male in breeding-plumage having the ornamental 
plumes on the breast and the dorsal tram, though the nape- 
plumes are not apparent. 
“ Scarce; the specimen sent was shot on a freshwater- 
creek. Iris yellow; feet black; bill black, the lower 
mandible partially yellow 99 ( Olive ). 
119. Nycticorax caledonicus (Gm.)j Sharpe, t. c. p. 158. 
Specimens are sent from each locality visited; they are all 
adults, and most of them show the nuchal plumes indicative 
of breeding birds. 
“ Iris yellow, orbital skin greenish yellow ; feet yellowish 
green ; upper portion and tip of each mandible black, the 
lower portion yellowish 99 {Olive). 
120. tPHALACROCORAX MELANOLEUCUS (Vicill.J j Ogilvie 
Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxxvi. p. 398. 
A small series in freshly-acquired breeding-plumage from 
the neighbourhood of Mt. Bellenden Ker. 
“ Iris brown : feet black : bill and bare parts yellow 99 
[Olive). 
121. t^NSERANAS semipalmata (Vieill.) ; Salvad. Cat. 
Birds Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 44. 
Three specimens in very worn plumage and with the under 
surface much stained with rust are sent from Bellenden Ker. 
122. *Nettopus pulchellus Gould; Salvad. t. c. p. 67. 
Apparently of only sporadic occurrence in the neighbour¬ 
hood of Cooktown. Mr. Olive obtained four specimens out 
of one flock, which he says was the first seen in the district 
for years. I (H. C. R.) found it abundant in the neighbour¬ 
hood of the Kennedy and Hann Rivers, considerably to the 
north of Cooktown, in August 1896, when it afforded a 
welcome addition to our fare. Ramsay (P. Z. S. 1877, p. 346) 
notes it as exceedingly rare in Eastern Queensland, whence 
he had seen only three skins-—much rarer than N. albipennis , 
which, curiously enough, Mr. Olive has not obtained. 
