PHALACROCORAX. 201 



Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt}. 



Phalacrocorax penicillatus, Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. 

 ii. p. 158 (1884) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 363 (1898) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 233 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 234 

 (1899). 



The eggs of Brandt's Cormorant in the Collection measure from 

 2-2 to 2-5 in length, and from 1-45 to 1-57 in breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Pacific Coast of N. America. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Pacific Coast of N.'America,28th May. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Farallone Islands (A. L. Heermann}. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Farallone Islands. Crowley Bequest. 

 3. Oregon Coast (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



Phalacrocorax graculus (Linn.) 



Carbo graculus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xciii. fig. 2 (1845-54). 

 Phalacrocorax graculus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 54. tig. 3 (1855- 



63) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vi. p. 163 (1879) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. 



p. 656, pi. 34 (1885) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 71, pi. 19. fig. 1 



(1896) ; Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 364 (1898) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 233 (1899). 

 Phalacrocorax cristatus, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 473, pi. cxxx. 



fig. i (1856). 



The eggs of the Shag measure from 2'25 to 2- 6 in length, and 

 from 1-4 to 1-6 in breadth. 



3. Helvick, Co. Waterford, 27th April Seebohm Coll. 



(R. J. Ussher). 



3. Helvick, 6th May (It. J. U.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Faroe Islands, 12th May (H. C. Seebohm Coll. 



Mtiller: Hargitt Coll.). 



1. Shetland Islands (R.-Dunn). Gould Coll. 



3. Copinsha, Orkneys, May. Salvin-Godinan Coll. 

 8. Copinsha. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Hoy, near Stromness, Orkneys, May Crowley Bequest. 

 (Tristram Coll.). 



2. Farn Islands, June. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Lundy Island, Bristol Channel, May. Seebohm Coll. 

 10. Lul worth, Dorsetshire (J. Meatori). Crowley Bequest. 



Phalacrocorax desmaresti, Payr. 



Phalacroorax graculus, Sounders, Ibis, 1871, p. 398; Whitehead. Ibis. 



1885, p. 48. 

 Phalacrocorax desmaresti, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. p. 368 (1898) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 233 (1899). 



An egg of the Mediterranean . Shag in the Collection measures 

 23 by 1-5. 



1. River Volga (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



