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ORDER STEGABTOPODES. 



Hallux united to the other toes by a web ; nasals holorhinal ; palate 

 desmognathous. . 



FAMILY PHALACROCORACID^E. 



Tail rounded or cuneate. Webs between toes not emarginate, or only 

 slightly so. Bill subcylindrical and hooked at the extremity, or 

 elongate and pointed ; nostrils nearly obsolete. 



SUB-FAMILY PHALACROCORACIN^E. 



Bill subcylindrical, and strongly hooked at the extremity ; cutting edges 

 of mandibles entire. 



GENUS PHALACROCORAX. A long, narrow groove on each side of bill, 

 dividing at nail ; cutting edges of mandibles entire. A gular pouch, 

 naked anteriorly. Neck long and sinuous. Quills stiff. Tail 

 wedge-shaped or rounded. Middle toe has pectinated claw. 



724. P. earbO, Linn. (Graculus novse-hollandiae, Steph. ; P. novse- 



hollandise, Steph.), Black Cormorant. 



Colour of plumage black, glossed with dull green ; a large white 

 patch on flanks ; wing coverts and scapulars bronze-brown, margined 

 with dark steel-blue ; feathers bordering the naked throat pure 

 white. Winter plumage lacks the white markings of flanks. 



Total length, about 35 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 



725. P. Slllcirostris, Brandt (Graculus stictocephalus, Bparte. ; 



P. stictocephalus, Bparte.), Little Black Cormorant. 



Plumage brownish-black, with a dull oily-green colour ; some 

 white plumules scattered upon the neck and "upon each side of the 

 head above the eye ; back and scapulars with ash middles, each 

 feather margined by black band. 



Total length, about 25 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9. 



726. P. gOllldi, Salvad. (Graculus leucogaster, Reich. ; P. leucogaster, 



Gld.), White- breasted Cormorant. 



Crown, upper surface, and flanks black, glossed with dull steel- 

 blue ; sides of the head, chin, and under parts white ; naked skin 

 at base of bill and round eye purple ; scapulars bronze green, with 

 very narrow steel-blue margins ; below commissure of bill is white. 



Culmen, I '8 to 2 in. 



Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 



727. P. hypolcUCUS, Brandt (Graculus varius, Finch; P. varius, Gld.), 



Pied Cormorant. 



(P. varius, Gmelin, is a New Zealand bird.) 



Similar to P. gouldi, culmen longer, 2 '1 in. ; no feathers below the 

 commissure of the bill ; bare space in front of eye bright orange ; 

 eyelid and naked skin below the eye indigo-blue, 

 Hab. : 3, 4, 6, 9. 



728. P. melanoleilCUS, Vieill. (Graculus melanoleucus), Little Cor- 



morant. 



Crown, back of neck, and upper surface shining black ; under tail 

 coverts and vent brownish-black j all under surface white, including 

 chin and throat ; lateral manes. 



Breeding plumage has some white feathers on head and neck. 



Total length, 23 in. ; culmen, 1 '2 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 



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