Tr. Z. S. is. 



p. 217. 



408 ON THE BIEDS INHABITING [1875. 



215. Dysporus piscator. 



Pelecmms piscator, Linn. Amccn. Acad. iv. p. 239, no. 8 (1759) ; S. N. i. p. 217, no. G (17CG) ; 

 Cassin, Un. St. Expl. Exped. 2nd edit. Ornith. p. 365 ; Finscli & Ilartl. Faun. CentralpoljTi. p. 255. 



Hah. Philippines {Pickerinr]). 



G R .4 c u L I N ^. 

 PiiALACROCOR.vx, Biisson. 



21G. PUALACROCORAX, Sp. 



Carbo sinensis, Shaw, v. Martens, J. f. O. 18G6, p. 29, no. 180. 



A species of Cormorant, " einfarbig schwarz," observed by Dr. v. Martens in the Military 

 Library at Manilla, is identified by him with Pelecanus sinensis, Shaw and Nodder (Nat. Misc. 

 vol. xiii. pi. 529,>i;., "China"). 



217. Phalacrocorax, sp. 



Carlo lucidus, Lichtenstein, v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 30, no. 181. 



An example from Manilla, preserved in the Berlin Museum, is identified by Dr. v. Martens 

 [1. c.) with the well-known African Ph. lucidus, a species unknown in Asia and its islands. 



PLOTIDiE. 



Plotus, Linnaeus. 



218. Plotus melaxog.\ster. 



Anhinga melanogaster, Forster, Zool. Ind. p. 22, pi. xii., "Java, Ceylon" (1781); Walden, 

 Tr. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 106 ; v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 30, no. 182 ; Walden & Layard, Ibis, 

 1872, p. 96, " Negros." \_Antea, p. 116.] 



Plotus novw-hollandice, Gould, v. Pelzein, Reise der 'Novara,' Vogel, p. 156. 



Ilah. Luzon, April {Ileyer) ; Negros {L. C. Layard). 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES {in orig.). 



PLATE XXIII. 



Map of the Philippine Archipelago. 



PLATE XXIV. 



Lifunaetus philipjyensis, p. 141. From a specimen in the Norwich Museum. 



