Genus P uffinuria, Less.
One species of this genus inhabits the Australian seas.
610. Puffinuria Urinatrix . Vol. VII. PL 60.
Genus T halassidroma, Vxg.
The little tenants of the ocean belonging to this genus are so universally dispersed, that they are found in all
the seas except those of the very high latitudes o f both hemispheres. The Australian fauna is particularly rich in
birds of this form, inasmuch as no less than five distinct species frequent the seas which wash the shores of that
country.
611. Thalassidroma marina, Less. . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. VII. PI. 61.
612. Thalassidroma melanogaster, G o u l d ................................................................................................Vol. 'VII. PI. 62.
613. Thalassidroma leucogaster, Gould . Vol. Tli&M.'. 63;.
Thalassidroma Tropica, Gould.
Thalassidroma Tropica, Gould in Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., vol. xiii.' p. 366.
Head, back, wings, tail and breast dark sooty b lack; chin, under coverts of the wings, abdomen, flanks, under
tail-coverts, and a broad crescent-shaped band across the upper tail-coverts snow-white ; bill, feet and legs black.
Total length, 7-f- inches; bill, -J-; wing, 6 f ; tail, 34-; tarsi, I f ; middle toe and nail, If.
I observed this species in the Atlantic, where it is confined to the equatorial regions, being most abundant in
the vicinity of the line. • I t is the largest member of the genus with which I am acquainted, and is rendered very
conspicuous by the white mark on its throat.
614. Thalassidroma Nereis, Gould.
615. Thalassidroma Wilsonii, Bonap.
Vol. VII. PL 64.
Vol. VII. Pl. 65.
Family PELECANIDjE, Leach.
Genus P halacroc(Orax, Briss.
The great family of the Cormorants, whose range is universal, are well represented in Australia, since five
species inhabit and are peculiar to that country, where they perform precisely the same offices as the other species
of the genus do in Europe and America.
616. Phalacrocorax Carboides, Gould .
617. Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
618. Phalacrocorax hypoleucus
619. -Phalacrocorax leucogaster, Gould
620. Phalacrocorax melanoleucus, Vieill.
621.-Phalacrocorax punctatus .
Vol. VII. PL 66.
VoL VII. Pl. 67.
Vol. VII. Pl. 68.
VoL VII. Pl; 69,
Vol. VII. Pl. 70.
VoL VII. Pl. 71,
Genus Attagen, Meehr.
Although I have figured but one, there are evidently two if not three species of .this genus which visit the
Australian shores; but I have not had sufficient opportunities to investigate the subject satisfactorily.
622. Attagen Ariel, Gould . . . . . . . . . . .
623. Attagen Aquila ?
VoL VII. Pl. 72.
Genus P haeton, Linn.
The beautiful species of this form which graces the fauna of Australia, ranges over the greater part of the
Pacific Ocean, and among other places retires to Norfolk Island and Raine’s Islet for the purpose of breeding.
624. Phaeton phcenicurus . .......................................Vol. VII. PL 73.
Genus P elecanus, Linn.
The members of .this genus are very widely dispersed, since every great country has one or more species assigned
to it. That inhabiting Australia is as fine and as beautifully marked as any other member of the group.
625. Pelecanus conspicillatus, Temm. . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. VII. Pl. 74.
Genus P lotus, Linn.
Asia, Africa, America and Australia are each tenanted by a species of this genus, the members of which,
although few in number, are not well understood nor are their specific differences easily decyphered.
626. Plotus Novas-Hollandise, Gould . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. VII. Pl. 75.
Genus Sula, Briss.
Four fine species of this genus appertain to the Australian fauna, since they not only frequent the seas adjacent
to the shores of that country, but all of them resort to its rocks and islands for the purpose of breeding.
The genus comprises several other species which inhabit the sea coasts of nearly every part of the globe.
6.27. Sula Australis, Gould . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. VII. Pl. 76.
Inhabits the southern coast of Australia and Van Diemen’s Land, and is a beautiful representative of the Sula
Bassana and S. tnelanura of Europe.
628. Sula personata, Gould . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. VII. Pl. 77.
Common on the east coast.
629. Sula fusca, Briss................................................................................................................................. Vol. VII. Pl. 78.
“ This species of Booby,” says Mr. M'Gillivray, “ is generally distributed on the north-east and north coasts of
New Holland; but I found it breeding only upon Bramble Key, although I once, on Raine’s Islet, found a solitary
egg. The nest is slovenly made of dried herbage, a foot in diameter, with scarcely any cavity, and contains two
eggs, of which in every instance one was clean and the other very dirty. The eggs, which are white, vary
considerably in size. The largest measured 2-jV inches by l - ^ ; the smallest 2J| by lf|, and one of average size, 2 f
by I f inches. Both sexes incubate, and the birds while sitting on their eggs allowed of a very near approach, and
before flying off disgorged the contents of their stomachs, chiefly a species of Clupea or herring. I need scarcely
add that their bite is very severe. During our visits to Darnley Island I observed several tame Boobies among the
native villages, generally perched on the canoes hauled up on the beach. These birds were allowed their full
liberty, and after fishing in the weirs upon the reefs until they had procured a sufficiency of food, returned to the
huts.”
Inhabits the north coast.
630. Sula piscator, Linn.
Inhabits the north coast.
VoL VII. Pl. 79.