26 William Davies—Fossil Bird-remains of India. 
the oblique canal on the latter for the reception of the extensor 
tendon of the great toe; together with the calcaneal tendinal grooves, 
and what remains of the calcaneal process; approach so nearly in 
their general characters, that they indicate a bird, which, if not 
actually belonging to the genus Graculus, must be referred to a 
genus very nearly related to it. It differs from the common 
Cormorant, in having the anterior margin of the outer metatarsal 
less sharply ridged, aud in the inner not being so depressed 
immediately below the articular cavity, but descending by an easy 
incline to the tendinal groove of the first digit; it is also deeply 
depressed on either side of the calcaneal process. 
Among the remains of birds from New Zealand, collected by 
Mr. (now the Honourable) Walter Mantell, and acquired by the 
British Museum, is an entire tarso-metatarsal of a species of 
Cormorant, so alike to the Siwalik fossil, that at first sight they might 
be considered as specifically the same. This bone has, however, not 
been identified, for, as with Pheeton, no skeleton of Graculus, besides 
that of the common Cormorant, has been available to me for com- 
parison ; and, judging from the condition of the bone, the species can 
scarcely be considered extinct, but may be represented by one of the 
species of Cormorants still living in New Zealand, or alike common 
to those Islands and Australia. 
Pelicanus Cautleyi, Dav. 
The collection also contains two other avian fragments of interest, 
in so far that they prove that species of the Pelican were contempo- 
raneous with the preceding ; and that then, as now, the genus had a 
wide geographical range, remains of two or three species having 
been found in European Miocene deposits. 
The specimens consist of the distal ends of ulne, and respectively 
represent two species of the above Totipalmate bird. The larger and 
_ most perfect is figured of the natural size upon the oft-quoted plate 
R (figs. 7, Ta, 6)... It belonged to a bird somewhat smaller than 
the existing Pelicanus mitratus from India, represented by a skeleton 
in the National Collection ; but the form of the trochlear articulations 
are essentially the same, as is also the external tendinal pit, with its 
short bony projection. It differs in the greater depth and elongation 
of the palmar trocheal depression, and in none of the Pelicans that 
I have examined is this depression so pronounced, and may be 
deemed a specific character. The shaft is also more compressed 
laterally, and is more ovate in section. The generic identity being 
established, I dedicate the species to its discoverer. 
Pelicanus ? Sivalensis, Dav. 
This fragment is not so perfectly preserved, and differs from the 
preceding in several points, notably, the shaft is not so compressed, 
1 Frequent reference has been made to this unpublished plate of bird-remains, by 
reason of its importance in denoting the special objects selected by Dr. Falconer for 
illustration and description in the “ Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis,” and by its occurring 
among the descriptions of the series of unpublished plates in Falconer’s “‘ Palzeonto- 
logical Memoirs,” vol. i. p. 554. It is also of importance to notice the fact that 
these plates have all been photographed at the expense of the Geological Survey of 
India, and copies may be obtained of the Autotype Company, London. 
