336 PHAIACROCORACID^. 



II. Culmen less tlian 1".5 inch in length from 

 feathers on forehead to tip. 



C. Chin, throat, and underparts pure white . . melanoleucus, p. 398.- 



D. Chin, throat, and sometimes the fore-neck 



white ; rest of underparts hlack brevirostris , p. 400. 



E. Chin and throat reddish brown ; rest of 



underparts hlack i^ygmceus, p. 405. 



F. Chin, throat, and underparts hlack. 



f. Feathers of the hack and scapulars dark 



ash-gTey bordered with black javanicus, p. 402. 



g. Feathers of the back and scapulars 



brownish ash, with a black spot at 



the extremity africanus, p. 407. 



II. Adult in Non-hreedimj Plumage. 



I. Culmen exceeding 1-5 inch in length from 

 feathers on forehead to tip. 



A. Tail composed of 14 feathers. 



a. Breast and belly black glossed with dull 



green or blue ; legs blackish, 

 a'. Size larger : wing more than 12 inches 

 long, 

 a". Fore-neck and chest black, with 

 bluish or greenish gloss. 

 ci?. Feathers bordering the naked 

 throat pure white ; wing-coverts 

 and scapulars bronze - brown 

 margined with dark steel-blue ; 

 underparts with a dark bluish- 

 green gloss carbo, p. 340. 



6^. Feathers bordering the naked 

 throat white mottled with dark 

 greenish black ; wing-coverts and 

 scapulars greenish bronze mar- 

 gined with dark green ; under- 

 parts glossed with oil-green .... filamentosus, p. 350. 

 h" . Fore-neck and chest white ; wing- 

 coverts and scapulars bronze-brown 

 margined with greenish black .... lucidus, p. 351. 

 b'. Size smaller : wing less than 10'5 inches 

 long ; underparts black glossed with 

 dark bkie capensis, p. 352. 



b. Breast and belly smoky grey ; an elongate 



white patch on each side of the neck ; 



legs coral-red (orange in dry skin) .... gahnardi, p. 353. 



B. Tail composed of 12 feathers. 



c. General colour of the underparts smoky 



grey ; legs and feet orange-yellow, 

 c'. White eyebrow - stripes continued 



down each side of the neck to the 



shoulder pundatus, p. 354. 



d'. No white eyebrow-stripes featherstoni, p. 356, 



