740 PELECANID/E. 



Vert. ZooL, Sind, p. 331. Graculus fuscicollis, Blyth, B. Burm. p. 164; 

 Oates, Sir. F. v. p. 170. The WHITE-TUFTED CORMORANT. 



Breeding Plumage. Whole plumage deep black ; glossed with blue and 

 green, the feathers of the back and wing coverts with black margins ; a tuft of 

 decomposed soft white feathers about an inch in length on either side of the 

 head just behind the ear coverts ; the female has not the white tufts. 



Non-breeding Plumage Adult Male. Entire head and neck glossy black ; 

 back, scapulars, rump and upper tail coverts bronze, some of the feathers 

 of the back and wing coverts margined with black ; throat white ; cheeks, 

 pale brown ; entire lower surface black. No white thigh or cheek patch. Bill, 

 gular skin and orbits as in the last ; irides bluish green ; feet black. 



Length. 24 to 27 inches; wing II; tail 6; bill at front 2*25. In the 

 breeding plumage the forehead and sides of the head are speckled with 

 white, there is a white tuft of feathers behind the ears, and the chin is 

 white. 



Hab. Sind, Kutch, Guzerat, Rajputana, the Deccan, Burmah and Ceylon ; 

 also in South Ceylon. Very abundant and resident everywhere it occurs 

 in India. Breeds during November ; in some parts as early as July and 

 August. 



1458. PhalacroCOraX pygmseUS (Pall.), Dresser, B. Eur. vi. 

 p. 173, pi. ; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 1191. Pelecanus pygmseus, Pall., Reis. 

 Russ. Reichs. ii. p. 712. Graculus javanicus, Jerd., B. Ind. iii. p. 863 ; 

 Murray, Vert. Zool., Sind, p. 332. Graculus melanognathos, Hume, Nests 

 and Eggs, Ind. B. p. 660. Graculus pygmaeus, Blyth t B. Burm. p. 164. 

 The LITTLE CORMORANT. 



In Summer Plumage. A white triangular patch on the head ; lores and a 

 line through the eyes white ; a few white hair-like feathers on the nape and 

 sides of the neck ; chin black ; whole body glossy black ; head with a short 

 occipital crest; wing coverts, scapulars, secondaries and tertiaries glossed 

 silvery, the feathers margined with black ; bill brownish or purplish brown ; 

 gular and orbital skin livid fleshy ; legs dusky. 



Length. 19 to 20 inches; wing 8'5 ; tail 5-5; bill at front 1-25; tarsus 

 1 '3- 



Hab.S'md, Punjab, N.-W. Provinces, Kutch, Guzerat, Rajputana, Concan, 

 the Deccan, Burmah and Ceylon. Breeds wherever found from August to 

 December according to locality. 



Sub-Family, 



Bill with edges finely notched ; neck longer than the body. 



