374 



phalackocoracjd.t:. 



Culm. Wing. Tail. 

 ". [ J] ad. sk. 2'2 12-7 5'4 very Aleutian Islands. Purchased, 



worn. 



b. [$]ad. sk. 2-35 13'5 5-8 very Aleutian Islands. Purchased. 



worn. 



c. cJ ad.sk. 2-35 13-0 5-6 worn. Quatsino Sound, W. Voyao-e of 



coast of Vancouver H.M.S. 



I., Sept. {I)r. Li/all). ' Plumper.' 



(I. 2 ad.sk. 2-05 12'3 5-8 worn. Pyramid Lake, Ne- Salvin-C4odman 



vada, May 26 {H. Coll. 



G. Parker Sr II. W. 



Henshuw). 

 e. Juv.sk. 2'05 11-5 In moult. San Francisco, Cali- G. Barclay, Esq. 



fornia. [i*-]- 



/ S inim. sk. 23 123 5-5 in San Diego Bay, Cali- Salvin-Godman 



moult. fornia, Sept. 13 Coll. 



(A. IF. Anthony). 



15. Phalacrocorax neglectus. 



Graculus neglectus, irahlberi/,J.f. 0. 1857, p. 4 [Possession, Halifax, 



and Ichaboe Is., S.W. Africa] ; Gurney, ed. Anderss. B. Damaral. 



p. 369(1872). 

 Phalacrocorax neglectus, Sharpens ed. Lnyard, B. S. Afr. p. 779 



(1884) ; Fairbridqe, Ibis, 1893, p. 278 [Dassen I.] ; W. Sclater, 



Ibis, 1896, pp. 521, 522 [Dassen I.]. 



AchiU male in hreeding-'plumcuje. Head, neck, upper and lower 

 back, and rump dark sooty-brown, with a slight greenish-bronze 

 gloss ; breast and rest of underparts black, with a dull oil-green 

 gloss ; middle of back, wing-coverts, and scapulars bi'onze-brown, 

 very narrowly margined with black and with rounded extremities ; 

 quills and tail-feathers dark brown. The throat is more feathered 

 than in the allied species, the feathering on the lower mandible 

 extending foi-wards for 0-7 inch beyond the gape, while that on the 

 inter-ramal space extends to below a vertical line drawn from the 

 nostril. Among the feathers of the forehead and neck are numerous 

 inconspicuous small white plumules, supported by naked shafts. Tail 

 composed of 12 feathers. Total length 28 inches, culmen from 

 feathers on forehead 2-3, wing 11, tail (much worn) 4*5, tarsus 2*4, 

 outer toe and claw 3"75. {Mus. Cantahr.) 



A second smaller specimen in the British Museum measures : — 

 Total length 27'5 inches, culmen from feathers on forehead 2"3, 

 wing 9-8, tail (worn) 4-2, tarsus 2-25, outer too and claw 3"7. 



" Iris brown above, greenish on the lower portion ; skin of eyelid 

 and the base of the lower mandible, as well as the legs, feet, and 

 claws, inky-black ; bill black, lighter towards the tip " ( W. G. Fair- 

 bridge). 



Hah. South Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Simon's Bay, S. Africa, Oct. 2. Earl of Crawford [P.], 



