PELECANOIDES URINATRIX. 



37 



on fiading tha.t these specimens, which from the locality undoubtedly represent the 

 original P. urinatrix, are fully up to the dimensions of the supposed larger garnoti, from 

 the west coast of South America. Observed variation in the color of the feet, which 

 is one point that has been relied upon, lessens the probability of distinctness, especially 

 as the ascribed coloration does not coincide in every case with the dimensions. The size 

 and proportions of the examples examined, as carefully measured in the flesh by Dr. 

 Kidder, warrant me in adducing the garnoti of Lesson as a synonym of urinatrix ; to 

 which I still refrain, however, from adding the ierardi of Quoy and Gaimard. — C. 



List of specimens, tvith measurements. 



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 •a 



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 be 



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[Remarks. 



68929 

 68930 



68931 

 68927 

 68928 



2 



1874. 



Sor.*- 10 



d 

 d 



d 



d 







8.50 

 9.00 

 8.50 

 7.00 



7.15 



7.60 

 8.00 

 8.25 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 



14.00 

 14.00 

 14.25 

 13.00 



13.00 



16.00 

 16.35 

 15.75 

 16.00 

 16.00 

 16. 25 

 16.00 







0.85 

 0.75 

 0.75 

 0.75 



0.75 



0.75 

 0.80 

 0.85 



'6.' 75" 



0.75 

 0.75 











Skin. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Skin ; ovaries much 

 eulargetl ; 2 ovules 

 nearly ripe. 

 Skin ; testicles enor- 

 mous, as large as 

 sugared almonds. 

 Do. 

 Alcoliol. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



3! Soi^r 1 















4 

 59 



60 



101 

 140 

 148 

 172 

 173 

 174 

 175 



Sept.' 19 

 Nov. 9 



Nov. 9 



Nov. 24 

 Dec, 10 

 Dec. 11 

 Deo. 23 

 Dec. 23 

 Dec. 23 

 Dec. 23 















4.85 



4.95 



4.75 

 4.75 

 4.85 

 5.00 

 4.85 

 5.00 

 4.75 



2.25 



2.40 



1.95 

 2.05 

 2.10 

 1.75 

 1.75 

 1.85 

 1.80 



1.60 



1.50 



1.50 

 1.50 



i.'ss' 



1.35 

 1.35 

 1.35 



1.05 



1.00 



1.05 

 1.00 

 1.10 

 1.00 

 1.05 

 1.00 

 1.05 



1.05 



1.20 



1.00 

 1.05 

 1.05 

 1.10 

 1.10 

 1.10 

 1.05 



0..30 



0.25 



0.25 

 0.25 



'6." 26" 



0.25 

 0.25 

 0.25 



Bill generally black ; lavender-blue at quadrate basal portion of lower 

 mandible. Upper mandible hooked ; both much compressed and flat- 

 tened ) square at base. Kostrils placed far back, opening upward by a 

 heart-shaped aperture, divided by a longitudinal partition, as if the 

 upper half of a tubular inclosure had been cut off, parallel to its long 

 axis. 



Iris ash-colored ; not visible during life, when only the black pupil 

 appears. 



Head blue-black above ; throat white. 



Body^ upper parts blue-black 5 throat, breast, belly, and under part of 

 tail white. Under down yarn-blue. Skin of belly naked. Plumage 

 very fine and close. The body is remarkably large and heavy in pro- 

 portion to the length of the wing ; the latter being concave, similar to 

 that of the quail. First and second primaries equal in length. 



Tarsus and foot are placed very far back, nearly in the axis of the 

 body; lavender-blue; not scutellated ; no rudiment of hind toe. 

 Claws black ; middle claw turned outward. 

 Tail very short, black above, white below. 



