346 



PHALACROCORACID^. 



Bill. Wing. Tarsus. 



Adult. Greenland S-o 13-2 245 



Adult. Faroe Is 3-2 140 2-86 



2 adult. „ 2-9 12-8 2-65 



2 adult. Orkney Is 2-8 131 2 6 



c^ vix adult. N. Uist, Hebrides ... 27 12-8 2-65 



(2) ? Tix adult. „ „ ... 2-9 13-1-13-4 2-6-2-65 



cJ imm. Cromarty 3-2 H"! 27 



(2) $ Tix adult. , 2'8-2-9 131-13-2 2-6 



J adult. Fame Is. 29 142 25.5 



Adult. Devonshire 2-6 130 2-5 



J immature. Fowey, Cornwall S'l 14 27 



(2) $ vix adult. „ „ 28 130 2-5 



2 adult. Chriatchurch, Hants . 25 127 25 



2 vix adult. „ „ 2-8 130 2-5 



c{ adult. Lower Danube 2 6 13.4 25 



Vix adult. Caspian Sea 26 13-4 2-5 



Immature. North Africa 27 12-8 25 



(2) Adult. Fayoom, Egypt 2-4-27 130 2-4-2-5 



J adult. Muscat 2-65 13-2 2-4 



2 adult. „ 2-5 12-9 2-5 



2 adult. Afghan 245 12-9 2-4 



J adult. Lob-nor 2-6 13-3 2-4 



2 adult. „ 2-3 12-6 2-3 



2 adult. Karachi 2-3 12-4 2-25 



Adult. Masuri 26 139 25 



c? adult. Sultanpur 2-35 129 2-25 



(4) Adult. Sikhim 2-25-2-8 12-9-137 2-25-2-4 



fT adult. Pegu 2-6 137 24 



2 immature. , 25 127 23 



Adult. Keddah 24 12-7 23 



Adult. Siam 2-55 13-3 245 



Adult. Japan 25 134 2-3 



Adult. Yokohama 2-45 127 2-45 



cJ vix adult. Formosa 2-65 128 2-4 



Adult. Austraha 2-6 134 24 



(2)adult. S.Australia 27 13-5-140 2-4-2-5 



(2)adult. New Zealand 2-4-2-5 12-6-134 2-3-2-45 



Adult. Chathamis 2-3 120 23 



Young when first hatched are blind and covered -with purplish- 

 black skin ; in the course of a few days they acquire a thick 

 covering of blackish do-vvn. 



Young in first plumage (September). General colour above dull 

 brown, somewhat glossed on the head, neck, ajid back with bluish 

 green ; feathers of the back, scapulars, and wing-coverts with wide 

 dark margins ; throat, front of neck, breast, and belly white ; 

 sides, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts dark brownish black. 



As age advances the fore part of the neck and chest become 

 brown. 



Immature in the plumage of the second year (September). 

 Upper parts more like those of the adult, but the plumage is less 

 brilliant and mixed here and there with feathers of the first 

 plumage ; the feathers of the breast and belly are all widely tipped 

 with brownish black, giving these parts a mottled appearance. 



Immature in the plumage of the third year (May). Similar to the 

 adult, but the colour of the upper parts is less brilliant, and the 



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