ORDER PALMIPEDES. 589 



of PI. Enl. 965 ; hence both are young Onocro- 

 tali, 



Onocrotalus Phoenix ^ Lesson. 



The white parts have a rosy tint, when the bird is 

 alive and in health. 



That of PI. 957j cited also under FuscuSy appears 

 really to be a species the same as Vieill. Gal. 

 276. 



Ashy-brown ; head and neck, vary with grey and 

 white ; primaries, black. West Indies. P. Vieil- 

 lotii. 



P. Perspicillatus, Tern. Col. 276. 



White, (rosy-red, when alive) ; small wing-coverts, 

 very long ; middle wing-coverts, scapular, quills, and 

 tail, black ; orbits, very large, naked. Length, 48 

 inches. South Seas. 



P. Rufescens, and p. Trachyrhynchos, are doubtful. 



The Cormorants. Phalacrocorax, Briss. Carbo, 

 Meyer. Halieus, II.* 



Have the bill elongated, compressed, the end of the 



* Cormorant is a corruption of Corbeau Maiin, on account of its black 

 colour. It is indeed the Water Crow of Aristotle, 



Phalacrocorax (Bald Crow) is the Greek name of this bird indicated by 

 Pliny ; but not employed by Aristotle. Carbo is applied to it only by 

 Albert, perhaps after its German name Scharl. To all these names, M 

 Vieillot has moreover added that oi Hydrocoraxy Gal. pi. 275. 



