420 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, 



black ; primaries brownish white on their inner webs ; large loose 

 feathers on the sides of the rump light reddish brown ; abdomen 

 splashed with brown. 



649. Phalacrocorax carbo (L.) ; Ibis, 1860, p. 68, 1861, 

 pp. 261, 345, 1863, p. 433, 1867, p. 390, 1870, p. 367 ; P. Z. S. 1863, 

 p. 324. 



Phalacrocorax filamentosus, Ibis, 1861, pp. 264, 409. 

 Phalacrocorax capillatus, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 325. 

 Throughout China and Formosa ; in the south only during the 

 winter. 



650. Graculus bicristatus (Pall.), Ibis, 1861, pp. 408, 410, 

 1863, p. 434 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 325. 



Phalacrocorax ceolus, Ibis, 1867, p. 395. 

 Occurs in winter on the China coast. 



651. Pelecanus mitratus, Licht. Abh. Ak. Wiss. Berl. 1838, 

 t. 32 ; P. Z. S. 1868, p. 266, fig. 3. 



Pelecanus minor, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 428. 



Pelecanus onocrotalus, Ibis, 1865, p. 352 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 325. 



I have a specimen from Foochow. 



652. Pelecanus philippensis (6m.). 



Pelecanus philippensis, Swinh. Ibis, 1865, p. Ill, 1866, p. 297; 

 P. Z. S. 1863, p. 325. 



Pelecanus crispus, Ibis, 1860, p. 68, 1862, p. 251. 

 Amoy. 



653. Sula fiber (L.). 



Sulafusca, Briss. ; Ibis, 1870, p. 367 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 325. 

 Sula sinicadvena, Ibis, 1865, p. 109. 

 Formosa ; Shanghai. 



654. Larus niveus, Pall.; Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 224; Ibis, 1863, 

 p. 428, 1870, p. 366 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 325. 



Larus canus, var. major, Midd. Sib. Reise ; P. Z. S. 1864, 

 p. 272. 



Larus canus, Ibis, 1860, p. 68, 1861, p. 345. 



Like the following, but with stronger bill and longer tarse and 

 toes. Visits Amoy harbour in the coldest weather, usually in im- 

 mature plumage. 



655. Larus canus, L. 



Much commoner than the last in Amoy harbour in winter, and 

 often in fine adult plumage. Probably breeds in more southerly 

 latitudes than its ally. 



