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PODICIPID^. 



PoDiCEPS, Latham. 

 211. * PODICEPS PHILIPPENSIS. 



Le Castagneux des Philippines, Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois. viii. p. 246 ; D'Aubenton, PL Enl. 945 ; 



Temm. Man. d'Om. ii. p. 729. 

 Colymbm minor, var. /3, Gm. S. N. i. p. 591, no. 20, es Buffon. 

 Colymbus joAz'/i/j/jensw, Bonnaterre, EncycL i. p. 58, pL 46. f. 3 (1823), ex Buffon; v. Martens, 



J. f. O. 1866, p. 31, no. 192. 



Hob. Luzon {Jagor). 



Messrs. Finsch and Hartlaub (Ost-xlfrik. iv. 812) unite the Asiatic species of Little 

 Grebe with European P. minor. BufFon {I. c.) states that the Philippine species is 

 distinct. Temminck (J. c.) 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. 



PELECANID^. 



Pelecanin^. 



Pelecanus, Linnaeus. 

 212. Pelecanus eoseus. 

 Le Pelican rose de I'isle de Luqpn, Sonnerat, Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 91, pi. 54, adult. 

 Pelecanus roseus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 570, no. 9 (1788), ex Sonn. ; Donndorff, Zool. Beytr. vol. il. pt. 1, 



p. 848, no. 9 (1794), ex Gm. 

 Le Pelican hrun de I'isle de Luqon, Sonn. loc. cit. pi. 53, juv.' 

 Pelecanus manillensis, Gm. op. cit. p. 571, no. 11 (1788), ex Sonn. 

 1 Pelecanus javanieus, 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. philip;pensis, 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 diflerent 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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