INHABITING THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO. 
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PODICIPID. 
Popicrers, Latham. 
211. * PoDIcEPs PHILIPPENSIS. 
Le Castagneux des Philippines, Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois. viii. p. 246; D’Aubenton, Pl. Enl. 945 ; 
Temm. Man. d’Orn. ii. p. 729. 
Colymbus minor, var. 8, Gm. 8. N. i. p. 591, no. 20, ex Buffon. 
Colymbus philippensis, Bonnaterre, Encycl. i. p. 58, pl. 46. f. 3 (1823), ex Buffon; vy. Martens, 
J. f. O. 1866, p. 31, no. 192. 
Hab. Luzon (Jagor). 
Messrs. Finsch and Hartlaub (Ost-Afrik. iv. 812) unite the Asiatic species of Little 
Grebe with European P. minor. Buffon (/. c.) states that the Philippine species is 
distinct. 'Temminck (/. ¢.) is of the same opinion; and Dr. v. Martens, who has had 
opportunities of comparing Jagor’s Philippine example in the Berlin Museum, enumerates 
the Philippine Dabchick under Bonnaterre’s title. 
PELECANIDZ. 
PELECANINA. 
PELEcANUs, Linnzus. 
212. PELECANUS ROSEUS. 
Le Pelican rose de Visle de Lucon, Sonnerat, Voy. Nouy. Guin. p. 91, pl. 54, adult. 
Pelecanus roseus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 570, no. 9 (1788), ex Sonn. ; Donndorff, Zool. Beytr. vol. ii. pt. 1, 
p. 848, no. 9 (1794), ex Gm. 
Le Pelican brun de Visle de Lucon, Sonn. loc. cit. pl. 53, juv.* 
Pelecanus manillensis, Gm. op. cit. p. 571, no. 11 (1788), ex Sonn. 
? Pelecanus javanicus, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 197, “ Java” (1820). 
P. manillensis, Gm., and P. roseus, Gm., have been regarded by most authors, and 
latterly by Mr. Elliot in his useful Monograph of the genus (P. Z.S. 1869, p. 583), as 
belonging to P. philippensis, Gm. A reference to Sonnerat’s plate 54, and his descrip- 
tion of the Pelican there figured, however, leaves it almost certain that he intended to 
represent a different species. This was also the view maintained by Dr. Jerdon (Birds 
Ind. iii. pp. 858, 859), who identified the Lesser White Pelican of India with P. roseus, 
Gm. Until Luzon examples can be examined, the question must remain in doubt. 
Sonnerat’s 53rd plate appears to represent the immature plumage. 
‘ Scopoli omitted to bestow a Latin title on either of the two Pelicans figured by Sonnerat. 
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