442 ZOOLOGY. 



I only saw Cormorants on Lake Ashangi, and only 

 this species. It is not very abundant. 



Family PELICANID^. 



292. Pelicanus rufescens, Lath. 



Riipp. Atlas, t. ii. 



Iris yeUowish brown, mottled darker ; bill yellowish 

 white ; nail at tip of upper mandible orange ; pouch flesh 

 colour, with fine transverse equidistant and parallel 

 yeUow lines; legs yeUowish white. 



I shot a pair of these birds on Dissi Island, at the end 

 of August. They were in fine plumage, with a rich 

 roseate tinge on the back, 



293. P. phillipensis, Gm. 



Iris grey brown ; bill flesh colour ; naU at end of upper 

 mandible yellow ; gular pouch livid ; legs and feet pale 

 flesh colour. 



Between this bird — which was common on the shore 

 at Zulla, and of which I shot a single specimen — and 

 the last there is no difference in measurements, ia 

 the form of the frontal feathers, or the disposition of 

 those behind the eye. The crest also appears similar; 

 and although the feathers of the head are shorter and 

 more woolly, this may partly be due to wear. Under 

 these circumstances, I should have been inclined to con- 

 sider the roseate back and breast of P. rufescens as 

 seasonal, but for the circumstance that while the present 

 specimen is unquestionably identical with the common 



