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700. GraCUlUS AfricanUS, G. R Gray; Peli- 



canus Africanus, Gmel. ; Carbo Longicauda, Swain,, 



Nat. Lib., Vol. 12, PI. 31, 9, p. 255; Bp. Consp., 



2, p. 178. 



d : Genekal plumage black ; back and wing feathers, light- 

 gre\, with a terminal spot, and sometimes a white tip; bill, 

 and cere round the eye, bright-yellow ; irides blue. The 

 female figured by Swainson (loc. cit.) is white underneath. 

 Length, 17" ; wing, 8|" ; tail, 6i". 



Of this elegant little Cormorant, but two examples hare come under 

 my notice : one was sent from Colesberg by Mr. Arnot ; the other 

 appeared in Mr. Chapman's collection, and was killed on the Lake 

 N'Gami. 



Genus PELIOANUS, Linn. 



Bill very long, straight ; the culmen rounded at the base, 

 and flat towards the tip, which is strongly armed with an 

 acute, compressed, strong hook, the sides slightly enlarging 

 towards the tip ; the lower mandible broader at the base than 

 the upper, and becoming slender towards the tip ; the nos- 

 trils basal, lateral, linear, placed in the lateral groove 

 longitudinally, and hardly visible ; wings moderate, with 

 the second quill the longest, and the secondaries nearly 

 equalling the quills ; tail short and rounded ; tarsi the 

 length of the. outer toe, strong, compressed, and covered 

 with reticulated scales; toes long, the middle one longer than 

 the outer, and all four united by a full web ; the lower 

 mandible is furnished beneath, from the base to near the tip, 

 with a naked membrane, capable of great extension, and 

 advancing some way down the throat. 



701. Pelicanus Onocrotalus, Linn., pi. Eni. 87 ; 



p. Boseus, Eversman ; P. Minor, Riipp. ; Onocrotalus 



Phoenix, Less. 



Plumage throughout, white, tinted with rose-colour ; the 

 larger wing-feathers frosted with grey, and some of the 

 smaller with grey edges ; on the breast a tuft of stiff bright 

 straw-coloured feather ; feathers of the head coming down in 

 a point on the forehead ; head crested ; cheeks bare, and with 

 the pouch, which extends half-way down the throat, light- 

 yellow ; centre of upper mandible, and base of lower, blue- 

 black ; the other parts yellow, with crimson markings ; legs 



