BIRDS. 40 



Family— PELECANID^. 

 Phalacrocorax perspicillatus. Pall. 



Plate XXXII. 



Phalacrocorax perspicillatus, Pall. Zoog. Rosso- Asiat., Vol. ii. p. 303. 

 Pelecanus Urile, Lath. Gen. Hist., Vol. x. p. 426 ? 



Face and crest rich deep shining purple; neck deep greenish blue; the face and the upper 

 part of the neck ornamented with some thinly dispersed, long, narrow hair-like, straw 

 coloured feathers ; body above and beneath deep glossy green : scapularies and wings deep 

 purple primaries and tail black, the latter with white shafts ; on each side of the abdomen 

 at the insertion of the leg a large patch of white ; bill blackish horn colour, lighter at the 

 tip ; naked part of the throat, corners of mouth, and naked skin of the coverts apparently 

 rich orange. 



Total length, 36 inches; bill, 4; wing, 14 ; tail, 9 ; tarsi, 3. 

 Inhab. Russian America. 



Nearly allied to, if not identical with, but differs from the Pelecanus Urile of 

 Latham in its much larger size, and in the ornamental plumes being dispersed 

 over the face and sides of the neck, instead of on the front of the latter only. 



The figures are one-fourth of the natural size. 



" Our collection of Birds received some valuable additions at Sitka, from the 

 liberality of Governor Koupreanoff, and amongst them was the present cormorant, 

 and Leucosticte griseogemjs, described at page 42. His efforts had been directed 

 to the collection of as complete a series as possible, of the natural productions 

 of the surrounding territory, for transmission to St. Petersburg ; and without 

 prejudicing this object, we were liberally supplied from his accumulated stores. 

 Besides several very interesting birds, a few scarce animals were obtained, all of 

 which have been deposited in our public collections, but necessarily are not 

 mentioned here, where only what is new or requires illustration finds a 

 place." — Ed. 



