GRACULIDA. 439 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 83; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology 
of Sind, p. 380. 
THE LARGE CoRMORANT. 
Length, 32 to 34; expanse, 60; wing, 14; tail, 7-5; tarsus, 
2'25 ; bill at front, 2°5. 
Bill brownish ; irides sea-green; facial skin pale greenish ; 
gular pouch deep yellow ; feet black. 
Back, the feathers of the back, scapulars and wing-coverts, 
bronze-color with black edges; face, sides of the head, and chin, 
white and a white spot on the thigh-coverts, 
In breeding plumage the male bird assumes a lot of white 
hair-like feathers on the neck, very conspicuous in some examples, 
less so in others, 
With the exception of the Deccan, whence it has not been 
recorded, the Large Cormorant is generally spread throughout the 
region. It is a permanent resident in Sind, breeding in the 
~ Eastern Narra. 
Palacrocorax fuscicollis, Steph. 
1006.—G. sinensis, Shaw.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 862; 
Butler, Guzerat, Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p- 331; Deccan, 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 442; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology 
of Sind, p. 83; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India, Ibis, 1885, 
. 188. 
; THE LESSER CoRMORANT. 
Length, 24 to 27; expanse, 36 to 40; wing, 11; tail, 525 to 6; 
tarsus, 1:7; bill at front, 2:25. 
Bill dusky brown, reddish beneath ; gular skin yellow ; irides 
bluish-green ; nude orbits black ; feet black. 
Adult, head and neck shining black; feathers of the back and 
wing-coverts bronze color as in the last; throat white; this 
color extending towards the eye, and passing into a pale brown 
on the cheeks ; lower plumage deep black. 
In breeding plumage this Cormorant assumes some white 
specks on the forehead and above the eyes, and a white tuft 
behind each ear; the chin, however, is then black. 
The young birds are more or less brown above, and white 
beneath. 
The Lesser Cormorant is more or less common throughout the 
district ; it is a permanent resident and breeds in company during 
the rains. 
The eggs are similar to those of the snake bird. 
Phalacrocorax pygmeus, Pail. 
1007.—G. javanicus, Horsf —Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. ie 
p. 863; Butler, Guzerat, Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 34; 
Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 442; Murray’s Vertebrate 
Zoology of Sind, p. 332; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India, 
Ibis, 1885, p. 188, 
