738 PELECANID^:, 



Length. 60 to 62 inches; wing 24 to 25-5 ; tail 8 to 87 ; tarsus 2'9 to 

 3-1 ; bill at front 12-5 to 14-3. 



Hah. Sind, Kutch, Rajputana, Guzerat, Deccan and Bengal, also Southern 

 India, Burmah, and Ceylon. Breeds in vast numbers about the end of 

 October, also in February and March, in the Persian Gulf, Ceylon, and parts 

 of Burmah. 



1455. PelecanUS rOSeUS, Gm., Syst. Nat. up, 570; Oates, B. Br. 

 Burm. ii, p. 239. Pelecanus javanicus, Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 197 ; 

 Jerd., B. Ind. iii. p. 857 ; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 581 ; Hume, Sir. F. vii. 

 p. 116. Pelecanus onocrotalus, Jerd., B. Ind. iii. p. 854. Pelecanus minor, 

 apud. Oates, Str. F. x. p. 247. Pelecanus mitratus (Licht.\ Jerd.B. Ind. iii 

 p. 856. The EASTERN WHITE PELICAN. 



Occipital crest small, yellowish white ; head, neck, upper and lower surface 

 of body white, with a roseate tinge ; primaries dusky ; secondaries grey exter- 

 nally; tertiaries white, with broad black margins, internally greyish; tail white; 

 bill blue in the centre, red and yellow on the sides, the tip blood red ; lower 

 mandible bluish posteriorly, yellow in front ; pouch yellow ; irides blood red ; 

 legs fleshy pink. 



Length. 56 inches ; wing 24 to 25 ; tail 6'$ ; tarsus 4 ; mid-toe and claw 

 4*5 ; bill 12 to 13 inches. 



Hab. Nearly throughout India and Burrnah, arriving in August, and 

 leaving during January and February. 



Sub-Family, GRACULIN^E OR PHALACROCORACID^:. 



Bill moderately long, straight and hooked at the tip ; face partially nude, 

 also the gullet, which is capable of distension ; wings moderate ; upper and 

 lower tail coverts short; tail with stiff feathers. 



Gen. Phalacrocorax. Briss. 



Characters the same as those of the Sub-Family. 



1458. Phalacrocorax CarbO (Linn.), Dav. et Oust. Ois Cliine, 

 p. 532 ; Dresser, B. Eur. vi. p. 151, pi. ; Legge, Birds of Ceylon, p. 1182 ; 

 Doig, Str. F. vii. p. 468; Hu?ne, Str. F. viii. p. 116 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. 

 ii. p. 231. Pelecanus carbo, Linn., Syst. Nat. \. p. 216. Pelecanus sinensis, 

 Shaiv and Nodd,, Nat. Misc.pl. 529. Graculus carbo, Jerd., B. Ind. iii. 

 p. 861 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 659 ; Murray, Vert. Zool., Sind, 

 P- 33- The LARGE CORMORANT. 



In summer or breeding plumage, the head and neck are black with white 

 feathers intermixed ; nape with a short black erectile crest ; lower neck, breast 



