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almost white, in the middle, the white band across the fore- 

 head (behind the black frontal edge) more distinct, and 

 the white eyebrow much better defined and much broader, 

 especially above and behind the ear-coverts. 



? ad. Differs from that of H. m. myotherina (Spix) 

 (^ H. elegans, Scl,, of Colombia, East Ecuador, etc., with 

 which it agrees in the deep ochraceous colour of the under- 

 parts), in having the throat ochraceous like the breast 

 (instead of white) and in its entirely black bill ; while 

 in the females of both H. m. myotherina and H. tyi. 

 melanolcema the lower mandible is always pale yellowish. 

 The back is of a duller, more greenish-brown, and there 

 are no blackish spots on the fore-neck. 



c? ad. Wing 64, tail 37-40, bill 17 mm. 



? ad. Wing 62, tail 38, bill 17 mm. 

 Hah. Itaituba, near Santarem, Lower Amazons, Brazil. 

 Two adult males and one adult female were collected by 

 Mr. W. Hoffmanns, in January, 1906. Type in Tring 

 Museum : ? ad. 31. i. 06. Collector's no. 520. 



Dr. Ernst Hartert exhibited and described a new 

 Palsearctic form of Cormorant, as follows : — 



Phalacrocorax carbo maroccanus, subsp. n. 



Closely allied to P. carho lucidus of Southern Africa, 

 and P. carho luguhris of N.E. Africa, but larger, the bill 

 especially being longer and stronger. In adult birds only 

 the throat is pure white, not the entire fore-neck and 

 upper-chest, these parts being white with more or less 

 black tips to the feathers. It differs from P. carho carho 

 chiefly in the white throat and extended white bases 

 to the feathers of the breast. Wing (adult cJ ? ), 34*5 

 to 35 cm., bill from end of frontal feathering to tip 

 67-68 mm. 



Hah. West coast of Morocco ; cliffs near Mogador, 

 and Cape Blanco, near Mazagan. 



Type $ ad. Shorf Elbaz, near Mogador, 17. v. 1905. 

 No. 162f, E. W. Riggenbach coll. 



Dr. Hartert added that the occurrence of true P. carho 



