266 STEGANOPODES. 



Suborder III. P II ALA CROC OR A CES *. 



[Cf. Sharpe, Eeview, p. 77.] 



A. Palate desmognathous. 



B. Ba si pterygoid processes absent. 



C. Mandible not produced and recurved behind its articulation 



with the quadrate. 



D. Dorsal vertebrse opisthocoelous, with ventral processes. 



E. Plumage of neck continuous : no bare tracts. 



F. Hallux united to second digit by a web. 



G. Flexor perforans digitorum not leading to hallux. 



Family PHALACROCORACIDiE f. 



Genus PHALACROCORAX. 



Brisson, Orn. vi. p. 511 (1760). 



Phalacrocorax carbo. 



Pelecanus carho, Limiaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p, 216 (1766). 

 Fhalacrocorax carbo, Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. iii. p. 650 (1885). 



The Common Cormorant. 



Hah. Eastern North America and the whole of the Old 

 World. 



1250. Skeleton. 0. C. 11«0. South Collection. 



1251. Skeleton. Presented by F. Bidwell, Esq. 



1252. Skull, with bony occipital style attached. 0. C. 1181. 



Ilunterian. 



1253. Skull, with bony occipital style attached. 0. C. 1182. 



Brookes Collection. 



1254. Sternum, wanting left coracoid and scapula. S. S. 864. 



Purchased. 



* Cf. Stejneger, Stand. Nat. Hist. Birds, p. 190 ; Lydekker, Cat. Fossil B. 

 Brit. Mus. p. 50 (1891). 



t Cf. Stejneger, L., & Lucas, F. A., " Contribution to the History of 

 Pallas's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax jjerspicillafus)," Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus, xii. 

 pp. 83-94; Shufeldt, ' Science,' ii. pp. 640, 821 ; id. Pr. U. S. Nat.Mus. xi. 

 pp. 309, 310 ; Jeffries, ' Science, ii. p. 709 ; id. ' Auk,' i. p. 196 (1884) } id. 

 'Science,' xiii. p. o9 : Shufeldt, t. r, p. 142; Ciill, t. c. p. 404. 



