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Phalacrocorax lucidus (Licht.). 



Phalacrocorax lucidus Reicli. i. p. 89. 



a-d. S ? . Ichabo Island. 3rd Dec, 1910. (Nos. 55, 

 57, 58, 61.) 



e-h. S ? acl' et imm. St. Paul de Loauda. 24?th & 

 25tli March, 1911. (Nos. 650, 651, 652, 661.) 



i-Jc. ^ imm. Walfish Bay. 1st April; 1911. (Nos. 655 

 & 657.) 



Iris green ; bill horn-coloured, whitish on lower mandible ; 

 feet black. Bare skin in front and round the eyes greenish 

 blue, below the eye yellow ; gape red ; pouch greenish yellow ; 

 throat dirty yellow. 



Total length in the flesh 33^ inches ; expanse of wings 

 52 inches. 



Mr. Lowe has collected an excellent series of this Cor- 

 morant in different stages of plumage, including several fine 

 adult specimens. 



[This species was the rarest of the Cormorants. I saw 

 about fifty of these birds perched on the iron beacon at Wal- 

 fish Bay ; but they were very shy, and it was not possible to 

 get within a hundred and fifty yards of them. They were 

 generally to be seen singly or in pairs, and only two nests 

 were to be found on Ichabo Island. They nest, however, 

 plentifully on a small islet in Hottentot Bay. They were 

 most noticeable at St. Paul de Loanda, where one or two 

 were seen perched on each buoy. 



The weight of a full-grown bird is 6 lbs. — W. P. L.] 



Phalacrocorax capensis (Sparrm.). 



Phalacrocorax capensis Reich, i. p. 92. 



a, b. c? ad. et imm. Hogie Point (? Houtjes Pt.), 

 S. Africa. 25th Nov., 1910. (Nos. 17, 19.) 



c. ? imm. Breakwater, Table Bay. 30th Nov., 1910. 

 (No. 38.) 



d-f. S ' Ichabo Island. 3rd Dec, 1910. (Nos. 40, 54, 

 62.) 



Iris green ; eyelids blue ; bill blue at base, bare skin 

 bright veliow ; feet black. 



