NOMONYX. — PHALACEOCOKAX. 197 



white with brown centres to the feathers ; under tail-coverts tinrred 

 with chestnut ; under wing-coverts brown ; axillaries white. 



Total length 330 min.^ culmen 30, wing 142, tail 75, tarsus 25. 



Adult female. Differs chiefly from the adult male in having the 

 chin and throat uniform buffy-white, two lines on the sides of 

 the face also buffy-white, and the upper surface barred with the 

 same colour. AVing 135 mm. 



The male and female described were obtained on the Kamuni 

 River. 



Breeding-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



JSest. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



■I'^ggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Guiana. Kamuni Hiver (J\IcConnell 

 collection). 



Extralimital Range. South America generall}', West India 

 Islands, Central and North America. 



Habits. Unrecorded. 



Order PELECANIFORMES. 



Family PHALACROCORACIDiE. 



The Cormorants are rather large birds with fairly long bills 

 shar[)ly hooked at the tip, long and stiff tail-feathers, short legs, 

 and fully webbed feet, all four toes being connected by webs. 



They are distributed on all the coast regions and tidal rivers 

 throughout the known world, as well as on some of the inh.nd 

 lakes. 



The family consists of about fifty species, six of which are 

 known to occur in South America, one being represented in 

 British Guiana. 



Genus PHALACRCCORAX Briss. 



Phalacrocorax Brisson, Orn. v. p. 511, 17G0. Tvpc P. carlo (Linn.)- 



There is but one species of this genus known to occur in 

 British Guiana to which the cliaracters under the family fully 

 a[)ply. The niend)(M-s of the genus, however, can always bo 

 distinguished from the following genus, Anliirgn. by the hooked 

 hill and rounded scapular feathers. 



