204 OX THE BIRDS OF CELEBES. [1872. 



still more to the eastward. Messrs. Finsch and Hartlaub (/. c.) have united the large Sea- 

 Tems of Eastern Africa (S. veloa; Riipp.) and of South Australia and Van Dieman's Land 

 (Thalassens polioccrciis, Gould) with the Asiatic and North-Australian species, under the title of 

 S. bergii, Lichtcnstein, bestowed on a Cape-of-Good-Hope individual. Professor Schlegel, in his 

 masterly catalogue (/. c), keeps these representative forms separate, but with much reluctance. 

 With the exception of T. jioliocercus, the facts known favour the opinion that the species are 

 severally permanent residents in the localities they frequent. Dr. S. Miiller, who identified the 

 New-Guinea bird with the Red-Sea <S'. relod; Riipp., states (/. c.) that it is known to the 

 inhabitants of the straits and bays of the Lobo district by the name of Bessa. At a subsequent 

 date he appears to have regarded it as a distinct species ; for Professor Schlegel cites Sterna ressa, 

 S. Miiller, as a synonym. 



PODICIPID.E. 



PoDiCEPS, Latham. 



190. PoDiCEPS MixoR (Gm.), S. N. ed. 13, i. p. 591 (1788); Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, 

 Urinatores, p. 45. 



Hah. Panybie (Von Bosenherg). 



According to Professor Schlegel the Little Grebe of Java and Celebes is identical with that 

 of Europe ; and provisionally I refer the Celebean bird to the European species. But judging 

 from the few South-Asiatic examples I have been able to compare with European individuals, I 

 am not prepared to admit their identification as absolute. For instance, the Javan Little Grebe 

 has an exceedingly stout bill which measures seven eighths of an inch in length, the wing being 

 four inches and a quarter. The cheeks, chin, and throat are black ; and a dark ferruginous line 

 starts from behind each eye, and extends do\vn each side of throat. Thus the Javan bird closely 

 resembles the Australian P. gularis, Gould — a species, however, which Professor Schlegel does 

 not admit. 



Tr.Z.S.vm. PELECANID.E. 



p. 106. 



DisPORCS, Illiger. 



191. Dt.sporus .sula (Linn.), Syst. Nat. ed. 12, i. p. 218, " Pelago indico " (176G). 

 Sula fiber, G. R. Gray; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Pelecani, p. 41. 



Ilah. Celebes {Mus. Lngd.). On the general distribution of this species, conf. Finsch 

 & Hartl. Faun. Centralpolyn. p. 2C1. 



Ph.\lacrocorax, Brisson. 



192. PnALOCROCOR.\x iiELANOLEUCUS (VieiU.), Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vol. viii. p. 88, New 

 Holland (1817); Gould, Birds Austr. vii. pi. 70; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Pelecani, p. 15. 



Ilfth. Celebes, nuptial plumage {mus. nosfr.); Gorontalo, imperfect plumage {Forsten); 

 Gilolo, Timor (J/«s. Litgd.); Tasmania, every part of Australia {Gould); Salwati {mus. nosfr.). 



