1. PHALACROCORAX. 



33& 



1 



A". Feathering on the chin does not 



extend beyond a vertical line drawn 



from the anterior margin of the eye 



(see fig. 4). 



9'. Plumage surrounding the ear 



white (see fig. 5) atrice.ps, p. 390. 



k^. Plumage surrounding the ear 



black, glossed with steel-blue (see 



figs. 6, 7). 



ff*. Blue-black of the sides of the 



head commences in a line with 



the commissure of the bill (see 



fig. 7) albioenter p. 392. 



h*. Blue-black of the sides of the 

 head e.xtends below the com- 

 missure of the bill, and partly 

 borders the naked gular skin 



(see fig- 6) verrucosm, p. 393. 



h'. Legs and feet black. 



i". Scapulars bronze-grey, bordered with 

 black and slightly glossed with 

 green ; lower back black, glossed 

 with dark green; wing 11'5-11'8 



inches varius, p. 394. 



k". Scapulars bronze-green, with very 



narrow steel-blue margins ; lower 



back dark steel-blue. 



i^. \Vhite feathering on the throat 



extending forwards in a patch 



below the commissure of the bill 



(see fig. 8) ; culmen 1-85-2 



inches ; wing 9'o-10'4 gouldi, p. 396. 



A'. Throat below the commissure of 

 the bill naked (see fig. 9) : 

 culmen 2'7 inches ; wing lO'S . . hypoleucus, p. 397. 



II. Culmen less than Vo inch in length from 

 feathers on forehead to tip. 



C. Chin, throat, and underparts piu-e white . . mclnnoleuctis, p. 398. 



D. Chin, throat, and sometimes fore-neck 



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



E. Chin and feathers bordering bare throat 



white ; rest of underparts black, with some 



dull oil-green gloss javanicus, p. 402. 



F. Chin and throat white ; fore-neck brownish 



white. 



f. Breast and rest of underparts mottled 



brownish white ; scapulars dark ash- 

 grey bordered with black, and narrowly 

 edged externally with brownish white. . pygm(Sus, p. 405. 



g. Breast and rest of underparts whitish ; 



scapulars brownish ash, with a black 

 spot at the extremity and narrowly edged 

 externally with brownish white afn'canm, p. 407. 



