1849.] in the Asiatic Society* s Museum. 821 



fine new Duck, with broader and more depressed bill than in S. mela- 

 notus, and no knob in the only specimen as yet examined. The tarsi 

 also are shorter, the toes larger, and the claws much larger than in S. 

 melanotus. General colour black above and below, a little glossy on 

 the back. Head and neck white, with black feathers interspersed, 

 forming more elongated spots than in S. melanotus. Anterior half of 

 the wing white externally, followed by a black speculum ; the primaries 

 and tertiaries black, secondaries dark ash-grey, and the proximate 

 tertiary having about half of its outer web white, longitudinally and 

 obliquely separated, and bordered with black exteriorly. Bill yellow, 

 with some lateral black specks, the dertrum darker ; and the feet 

 appear to have been orange. Length of wing 15 in. ; of bill to gape 

 2f in.; its uniform breadth across about -j-f in.; tarse 2^ in.; and middle 

 toe and nail 3f in. From the Tenasserim provinces, where said to be 

 not uncommon. N. B. Though approaching Sarcidiornis in plumage 

 and especially in its spotted head and neck, this bird should perhaps 

 rather range nearer to Anas proper. 



No. 1786. Fuligula ? This Cape Pochard was described as 



F. mariloides in J. A. S. XII, 180, but it seems to be another closely 

 allied species ; if new, F. obscura, nobis. 



No. 1741. Pelicanus javanicus (?), Horsfield. No. 1742. P. 

 philippensis, Gmelin, described Ann. Mag. N. H. XIV, 122. 

 These two species of Pelican are common throughout S. E. Asia, and 

 its islands, and we believe are here correctly identified. The first closely 

 resembles P. onocrotalus, but has never the full and copious pendent 

 occipital crest of slender feathers, about 5 in. long, which distinguishes 

 P. onocrotalus at least in the breeding season ; the head and neck 

 plumage being of quite a different character, not silky and fur-like and 

 the feathers undistinguishable apart as in P. onocrotalus, but open, 

 flimsy, and downy, and curving round upward towards the occiput, — 

 characters which are more strikingly developed in P. philippensis. 



