PHALACROCORACID^. 53 



^fjalacro corny cnibo (Linn/). 



Syn. Pelecanus carbo, Linn.^ 

 Oraculus carbo, Auct. 



The type species. 

 Hah. Europe. 



36633*. The left coracoicl, with the distal extremity imperfect; 



{Fig-) from the Pleistocene of Grays, Essex. Described and 

 figured by Miluo -Edwards in his ' Oiseaux Fossiles de la 

 Prance,' vol. i. p. 277, pi. xlii. figs. 14-16, where it is 

 referred to the present species. The length of this bone 

 is 0,070. Purchased. 



Phalacrocorax, sp. c. 



Only known by the undermentioned specimen. 

 Hah. India. 



39742. Cast of the proximal extremity of the left tarso-metatarsus. 

 The original was obtained from the Pliocene of the Siwalik 

 HiUs; the greater part of the talon is broken away. 

 Noticed by Milne-Edwards in his ' Oiseaux Eossiles de la 

 Erance,' vol. i. p. 250, and provisionally referred to 

 Phaeton ; also described by Davies in the ' Geol. Mag.' 

 decad. ii. vol. vii. p. 25 (as Graculus), and described and 

 figui'ed by the present writer in the ' Palseontologia 

 Indica' (Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind.), ser, 10, vol. iii. p. 138, 

 pi. xiv. figs. 10, 10 a. Allowing for the loss of the talon, 

 the specimen agrees in all respects with Phalacrocorax. 



Made in the Museum. 



Phalacrocorax intermedius (Milne-Edwards '). 

 Syn. Graculus intermedius, Milne-Edwards ^. 



Nearly of the dimensions of P. carho, tlie length of the humerus being about 

 0,140 ; distinguished from the living species by the smaller size of the proximal 

 extremity of the humerus, the deeper muscular impressions, and the larger 

 delto-pectoral crest. In certain i-espects this bone approximates to the humerus 

 of Ploius. 



Hub. Europe (France). 



From the Middle Miocene of the Orleaunais. 



1 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 216 ^1766). — Pelecanus. ^ Loc. cit. 



' Oiseaux Fossiles de la France, vol. i. p. 266 {\?'Q>1-QS).— Graculus. 

 ^ Loc. cit. 



