Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 75 



90. Phalacrocorax lucidus. \A'liite-breasto(l (.'orraoraut. 

 Halieus lucidus Liclil. Verz. Doubl. 18.23, p. 86 : Cape ol" 



Good Hope. 



a. ? inim. Lake Naivasha, 6700 ft. Dec. 4. 



Total lenj;th in flesh : 31 inches. ^^ inj; : 315 mm. 



Apparently not qnite fully adult. Moulting. 



[Irides green; pouch dirty yellow; bill greyish horn; 

 legs and toes black. Several seen, the one shot was nesting 

 and had a well developed K'.'^r,^^ inside.] 



91. Microcarbo africaniis. Long-tailed ('ormorant. 

 Pelecanus ufricanvs (tih. Svst Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, p. 577: 



Africa ; 1 designate White Nile District. 



a. ^ imm. Lake Naivasha. Dec. 5. 



b. ? iram. 15 miles S. of Kariiigo. Dec. 26. 



Total length in flesh: cT 22.V inches; ? 21 inches. 

 Wing: c^212nim. ; ? 197 mm. Weight: c? H lb. 



The male is apparently changing from the first to the 

 second plumage. The female is apparently changing into 

 the last stage before the full adult is readied, as both black 

 and ashy feathers are coming in on the breast. 



[cJ. Irides brown ; bill brown, banded with yellow, base 

 of lower mandible and pouch yellowish flesh, bare skin iu 

 front of eye pale yellow ; legs and toes black. 



? . Irides red ; bill : upper mandible black, lower yellow 

 and barred with brown ; legs and toes black. 



Very common on Lake Naivasha.] 



92. Pelecanus onocrotalus. Mitred Pelican. 



Pelecanus onocrotalus Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, 

 p. 132 : Africa; I designate White Nile District. 



a. S ad. Lake Naivasha, 6700 ft. Dec. 3. 



b. cJ?juv. Lake Hannington. Dec. 25. 



Total length in flesh : ad. 73 inches ; juv. 52i inches. 

 Wing : ad. 681 mm. ; juv. 592 mm. Culmen : ad. 430 mm. ; 

 juv. 233 mm. Weight : ad. 18 lbs. 



In the adult the tail is in full moult and the number of 



