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be recognized by its white gorget, and by the colour of the 

 scapulars and wing-coverts, which are bronzy brown margined 

 with black. 



Phalacrocorax capillatus. 



Of Temminck's Cormorant I have skins of five adults, 

 besides those of several immature birds. The dated adults 

 are — Amoy, Feb. ; Amoy, April ; Hakodadi, Feb. : so that we 

 may assume it to be a resident in both China and Japan. 

 It is an excellent species. Like the Common Cormorant it 

 has fourteen tail-feathers, but it is a slightly larger bird ; the 

 gorget is profusely streaked with greenish black, and the 

 scapulars and wing-coverts are bronzy green narrowly mar- 

 gined with black as in the Shag. 



Phalacrocorax pelagicus. 



The Violet-green Cormorant is really a Shag, having 

 only twelve tail-feathers. I have summer examjales from 

 Kamtschatka, Japan, and North China (Cheefoo), and winter 

 examples from South China (Amoy). None of the feathers 

 of the back, which are metallic green, or the scapulars, which 

 are metallic violet, have any black margin, and in all the 

 skins the frontal feathers extend to the base of the bill. 



P. bicristatus (Pall.), which appears to be identical with 

 P. wile (Gmel.), has the forehead bare of feathers. There is 

 no evidence that it has ever occurred in China or Japan, 

 though it has been recorded from Kamtschatka. 



XXV. — On some little-known Species of Tanagers. 

 By P. L. ScLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S. 



(Plate VI.) 



Having been favoured by friends in other countries with the 

 loan of the typical specimens of some little-known species 

 of Tanagers, in aid of a fresh revision of the group upon 

 which I am now engaged, I wish to record a few observations 

 on these interesting specimens before I return them to their 

 respective owners. 



