439 



Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 33 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology 

 of Sind, p. 330, 



THE LAEGE 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. 33 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India, Ibis, 1885, 



p. 138. 



THE LESSER CORMORANT. 



Length, 24 to 27 ; expanse, 36 to 40 ; wing, 11 ; tail, 5'25 to 6 ; 

 tarsus, 17; 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 pygmaeus, Pall 



1007. G. javanicus, Horsf. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, 

 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. 138, 



