354 PHALACEOCOEACID^. 



Natntores, pi. xxxiii. fio^. 370 (1850) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, vi. Pelec. 



p. 22 (1863); G. R. Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 129 (1871); Tacz. 



P. Z. S. 1874, p. 553 [Central Peru]. 

 Sticticarbo gaimardi, Bonap. Consp. At. p. 174 (1855). 

 Halieus cirriger, Burmeist. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Ayres, iii. entrega 



decimaquinta, p. 249 (1888) [Patagonia]. 



Adult. Head, neck, lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 dark smoky grey ; chest and rest of underparts paler : an elongate 

 white patch on each side of the neck ; sides of the upper back, 

 wing-coverts, and scapulars silvery grey towards the extremity 

 and rather widely margined with brownish black ; quills and tail- 

 feathers brownish black. Behind the ej-e a scattered patch of white 

 plumules, and a few similar feathers down the front of the neck ; 

 these disappear after the breeding-season. Tail composed of 14 

 feathers. " Culmen cadmium-yellow, greenish brown along the top, 

 and shading into orange-vermilion towards the base and on the 

 bare patch in front of the eye ; mandible similar, but less brightly 

 coloured ; iris grey ; legs, feet, and webs bright coral-red ; claws 

 black" {A. A. Lane). Total length about 28 inches, culmen 2"2- 

 2'35, wing 9'5-9"9, tail 4-4"l, tarsus 1"9, outer toe and claw 3'7. 



An immature s2iechnen has the general colour of the upper parts 

 dark brown, the quills pointed and tipped with brownish white ; 

 wing-coverts and underparts mixed with pale brownish-white 

 feathers. The white patches on the sides of the neck are, however, 

 well-developed, and many feathers of the adult plumage are found 

 on the upper back and scapulars. 



Bah. Pacific coast of South America from Peru to the Straits of 

 Magellan. 



a. Ad. sk. S. America. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Coast of Peru. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Coast of Peru. Howard Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Peru. Rev. W. Hennah [P.]. 



e. Ad.sk. San Lorenzo Island, Peru (^(f- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



miral A. H. Marhham). 

 /. Ad. sk. Iquique, Peru (-ff. i?02r/«wrf). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



g. cj ad. sk. Chili. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h, i. Ad. sk. Valparaiso Capt. Brett [P.]. 



k-^m. 9 8.d. et Corral, Chili, Nov. {A. A. Berkeley James Be- 



imm. sk. Lane). quest. 



n. Ad. sk. Straits of Magellan {Capt. P. The Admiralty [P.]. 



P. Kimj). (Type of Phalacrocorax cirriger, King.) 



o. Ad. sk. Port St. Julian. ' Sir W. Burnett & Capt. 



Fitzroy, R.N. [P.]. 



6. Phalacrocorax punctatus. 



Spotted Shag, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. ii. p. 602 (1785) ; id. ibid. Suppl. 



i. p. 279 (1787) ; id. Gen. Hist. B. x. p. 427, pi. 182 (1824). 

 Spotted Pelican, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. ii. pi. civ. (1785). 

 Peleeanus punctatus, Sparrtn. Mus. Carls, i. pi. 10 (1786) [Queen 



Charlotte Sound, New Zealand] : Gmel. S. N. i. pt. ii. p. 574 



