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(266) Pelecanus onocrotalus. — The Roseate Pelican. 

 Blandford, No. 1521 ; Hume, No. 1001. 

 I have just received on the 17th March a female of this species or 

 rather what I should say was intermediate betwean onocrotalus and roseus. 

 It is a fine bird very deeply suffused with pink. It has got the 24 rec- 

 trices of onocrotalus but the bill is too small for that species, being 

 only 14"*8. The frontal region is also much swollen. The measure- 

 ments taken in the flesh are as follows: — length, 63""5 ; wing, 27"; tail, 

 7"'5 ; tarsus, 5" ; bill at gape, 14"'8 and expanse 108"-25. A female of roseus 

 was also brought in from the same place, viz., the Maiser Chaur. Native 

 name Jalasind. 



(267) Pelecanus philippensis. — The Spotted-billed Pelican. 

 Blanford, No. 1523 ; Hume, No. 1004. 

 Rather common. This species is met with from the end of June to the 

 beginning of October. They frequent tanks, rivers and marshes. 

 Native name Koorair. 



Family Phalacrocoracidce. 



(268) Phalacrocorax carbo — The Large Cormorant. 



Blanford, No. 1526 ; Hume, No. 1005. 

 Not very common, only found during the cold weather. I have never 

 seen many together, but Mr. Scroope wrote me that he had seen consider- 

 able numbers at Awari on the 21st February. Native names Gandil and 



Kurruk. 



(269) P. fdscicollis. — The Indian Shag. 



Blanford, No. 1527 ; Hume, No. 1006. 

 This species is, I believe, to be obtained on the Maiser Chaur. The 

 mir-shilcars know it well and say they have seen it there. Native name 

 Ganowli. 



(270) P. javanicus.— The Little Cormorant. 

 Blanford, No. 1528; Hume, No. 1007. 

 Uncommon in the north of the district but common elsewhere. I have 

 never found it breeding, though I have seen it all the year round near 

 Baghownie. Near that Factory and about the end of July a large number 

 frequented a piece of water near which there were some mango trees. 

 I hoped they would breed, but they left the neighbourhood without doing 

 so. I am certain they must breed somewhere near here. Native name 

 Ghogur. 



Sub-family Plotinae. 



(271) Plotus melanogaster. — The Indian Darter. 



Blanford, No. 1529 ; Hume, No. 1008. 

 Mr. Scroope met this species near Jhanjiarpur and Mamgachi, at the 

 latter place on the 9th January. I have never come across it, but received 

 specimens snared by a mir-slulcar somewhere in the district. Native name 

 Banwa, 



