Order AXSERES.] [Fam. PELECAXID^. 



PHALACKOCORAX PUNCTATUS. 



(SPOTTED SHAG.) 



Spotted Shag, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 2, p. 602 (1785). 

 Pelecanus punctatus, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t. 10 (1786). 

 Pelecanus ncevius, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 575 (1788). 

 Phalacrocorax ncevius, Cuv. Eegn. An. i. p. 525 (1817). 

 Hydrocorax dilophus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. viii. p. 85 (1817). 

 Phalacrocorax pwnctatus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii. p. 88 (1825). 

 Graucalus punctatus, Gray, in Dieff. Trav. ii., App. p. 201 (1843). 

 Gracalus punctatus, Gray, Voy. Ereb. and Terr., Birds, p. 20 (1844). 

 Sticticarbo punctatus, Bonap. C. R. xliii. p. 574 (1856). 

 Graculus punctatus, Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 252. 



Ad. J fronte et nucha valde cristatis : pileo et collo toto postico sordide cinerascentibus, viridi-nigricante 

 lavatis, hoc lateraliter plumulis albis ornato : fascia lata alba, ab oculo per collum laterale decurrente 

 et ad pectus laterale producta : facie lateral i reliqua et jugulo toto viridi-nigricantibus vix cineras- 

 centibus, hoc plumulis parvis albis ornato : interscapulio, scapularibus et tectricibus alarum pulchre 

 cinerascentibus, plumis omnibus apicahter nigro minute punctatis, tectricibus minimis nigro marginatis : 

 remigibus saturate brunneis, primariis extus ad basin cinerascente lavatis, secundariis omnino pulchre 

 cinerascentibus : dorso postico, ui-opygio et supracaudalibus viridi-nigricantibus : dorso imo lateraliter 

 plumulis albis ornato : Cauda nigra, supra obscure cinerascente lavata : subtus pulchre grisescenti- 

 cinereus : abdomine imo et subcaudalibus viridi-nigricantibus : subalaribus brunneis, nigricante lavatis : 

 rostro brunnescenti-flavo : pedibus aurantiacis : iride viridi. 



$ palhdior, dorsi plumis minus distincte apicatis : dorso postico et uropygio cinerascentibus : pileo et collo 

 postico toto cinerascentibus : facie et collo lateralibus et corpore subtus toto albidis, pectoris lateribus 

 et hypochondriis imis cinerascentibus. 



Adult male. Crown of the head, with vertical and occipital crests, glossy greyish black ; sides of the head 

 throat, and anterior portion of fore neck sooty black ; a white stripe, commencing at the nostrils, passes 

 over the eyes and increases beyond, being about an inch wide under the occipital crest, then gradually 

 diminishes and passes down the sides of the neck to the roots of the wings ; lower part of the neck in 

 front, the breast, sides of the body, and upper part of abdomen uniform delicate leaden grey; lower 

 part of hind neck, shoulders, mantle, and upper surface of wings brownish ash, all the feathers, 

 excepting the quills and long scapulars, with a terminal spot of velvety black : these spots are most 

 conspicuous on the interscapulars, and impart to the plumage a very lively effect ; the small coverts 

 along the edges of the wings and at the humeral flexure are merely shaded with purplish brown at the 

 tips ; primary quills dark brown, burnished with silvery grey on their outer webs ; inner surface of 



