PLOTIN^. 237 



P. campieUi. 26". Similar to P. coUnsoi, but foreneck is entirely black, the white on 

 chin and throat forming an isolated patch, Campbell Island. 



P. bougainvillii. 30". Similar to P. eampbelli, but scapulars and wing-coverts margined 

 greenish blue. Pacific coast of S. America. 



P. magellanicus. 26". Throat black, a white patch on the ear-coverts. Southern coasts 

 of S. America. 



P. atriceps. 29". Similar to P. albiventer, but feathers round the eye white. South-west 

 coast of S. America. 



P. albiventer. 27". Feathers round the eye black. Nasal caruncles largely developed. No 

 white dorsal patch. South coast of S. America. 



P. verrucosus. 27". Similar to P. albiventer, but no trace of white bar on outer scapulars. 

 Kerguelen Land. 



Also with two crests, one on crown and one on nape. Seneath grey: — 



P. punctatus. 29". No white flank-patch. Broad white eyebrow stripe continued down 

 each side of neck to shoulder. New Zealand. 



P. featherstoni. 25"- Similar to P. punctatus, but no white eyebrow stripe. Chatham 

 Islands. 



Also with two crests. Beneath black : — 



P. perspicillatus. 38". Feathers of face and crests purple. Spectacles of thick white skin 

 round the eyes. Weight 12 to 14 lbs. Similar to P. bicristatus. Behring Island. Probably 

 extinct. 



P. bicristatus. 30". Forehead naked. Wing-coverts and scapulars dark purple. Crests 

 bronze-green. E. Siberia to Alaska. 



P. pelagicus. 274" to 30". Forehead feathered. Wing-coverts and scapulars violet-bronze 

 with green reflections. Similar to P. bicristatus. Kamschatka to S. China, Alaska to W. Mexico. 



Also with two crests, one on each side of crovm : — 



P. auritus. 31". Crest-feathers mostly or entirely black. Loral region and gular pouch 

 deep orange. Labrador to Florida, W. Indies, Gulf of Mexico, extending far inland to W. Texas. 



P. cincinnatus. 32". Differs from P. auritus in having crest- feathers white or mostly 

 white. From Aleutian Islands and Alaska to Lower California and W. Mexico eastwards to 

 Great Salt Lake. 



With eulmen less than 1 J" from feathers on forehead to tip. 

 271. Phalacrocorax javanicus. The Little Coemobant. 

 iSo^Tzhx, India ; Niru-kahi (Telugu) ; Nir-kakam, CeyZon. 



$ 19" to 22". Legs black. Bill brown. Feathers black, edged brown. 

 Scapulars and wing-coverts dark silvery grey. Chin white. — In summer : Short 

 crest and white triangle on crown. Chin, throat, and below black. India, 

 Ceylon, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. Common in 

 India. Three to five eggs (1-76 x 1-16). 



Also P. africanus. 22". Similar to P. javanicus, but feathers of back and scapulars ash, 

 with a black spot at tip. Africa south of 29^° N. lat., Madagascar. 



P. melanoleucus. 23". Chin, throat, and below white. Australia, ranging to New Zealand, 

 New Guinea, the Moluccas, and Pclew Islands. 



P. brevirostris. 22". Chin, throat, and sometimes the foreneck white, rest of under parts 

 black. New Zealand and Chatham Islands. 



P. pygmceus. 22". Chin and throat reddish brown, rest of under parts black. C. and S. 

 Europe, N. Africa, 8.W. and C. Asia. 



Subfamily Plotin^. Daetees. 



Bill long, slender, and acute. Margins finely serrated. Nostrils rudimentary. 

 Tail cuneate. Body nearly uniformly covered with small, rather soft contour 

 feathers and very delicate down feathers. N. Syria, Africa, Mesopotamia to 

 Indo-Chinese countries, through Malay Archipelago to Australia, New Guinea, 

 and New Zealand. Tropical and subtropical America. 



