210 STEGANOPODES. 



distinguished by the difference in tlic sliapc of the hare space ou the 

 throat: in Teraminck's Cormorant the margin of the feathering 

 extends from the gape at a right angle to tlie line of the commissure, 

 and meets the margin of the other side at an acute angle, considerably 

 in front of the gape (Seebohra, Ibis, 1885, p. 270). 



195. PHALACROCORAX PELAGICUS. 

 (RESPLENDENT SHAG.) 



Phalaerocorax pelagicus, Tallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. ii. p. 303 (1820). 



i 



Ilt-ad of Phalaerocorax iielagicus. ? natural size. 



The Shags have only ten tail-feathers, and the feathers of the back 

 and scapulars are not margined uith black. The Resplendent Shag 

 lias two crests when adult, and the forehead is always feathered to 

 the base of the bill. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japoniea, Aves, pi. 81. 

 (adult), pi. 81.H (young) ; misnamed Carlo bicristatus. 



The Resplendent Shag breeds on the Kurile Islands, and is com- 

 mon on the coast of Yczzo during summer (Whitcly, Ibis, 1807, 

 p. 211) and probably in winter also. Great numbers visit Tokio 

 Bay in winter, but leave for the north in the spring. I have an 

 example collected by ^Nlr. Snow on the Kurile Islands, and there are 

 two examples in the Swinhoc collection from Ilakodadi, one of them 

 collected by Cajjtain lilakiston in winter (Swinhoe, ll)is, 1871, p. 1G4). 

 I have also two examples from Ilakodadi collected by Mr. Ilcnson 



