PELICA2V. 431 



30— TUFTED SHAG. 



Pelecanus cirrhatus, Ind. Orn. ii. 890. Gm. Lin. i. 476. 

 Tufted Shag, Gen. Syn. vi. 606. 



LENGTH two feet ten inches. Bill two inches and a half long, 

 dusky yellow ; round the eye bare; the head and sides above the 

 eye, neck behind, and all the upper parts of the body, wings, and 

 tail black, with a gloss of green on the back and scapulars ; the 

 feathers on the top of the head very long, forming a pointed, upright 

 tuft or crest, somewhat tending forwards ; on the wing coverts an 

 oblong irregular white patch ; the under parts from chin to vent 

 white; tail four inches and an half long, rounded in shape, and 

 said to have fourteen feathers ; the legs pale yellow brown. 



This was brought with the others from Queen Charlotte's Sound, 

 in New Zealand. In the Leverian Museum. 



31. -NEW-HOLLAND SHAG. 



LENGTH twenty inches. Bill two inches and half long, and 

 pale; round the eye bare and pale yellow; plumage on the upper part 

 in general black ; the feathers on the wing coverts have pale edges, 

 and those of the neck fringed with rufous ; under parts paler, and 

 mottled ; tail six inches long, composed of twelve feathers, cunei- 

 form ; legs black. 



Inhabits New Holland. In some things this corresponds with 

 the African Species; but is probably distinct. 



32.— DWARF SHAG. 



Pelecanus pygmaeus, Ind. Orn. ii. 890. Gm. Lin. i. 574. Pall, reise, ii. p. 712. 16. 

 t. G— male & fem. Dec. russ. iii. 504. Tern. Man. d'Orn. 591. Id. Ed. ii. 902. 

 Dwarf Shag, Gen Syn. vi. 607. 



THIS is scarcely so big as a Teal. The bill, legs, and shape 

 exactly corresponding with those of a Shag ; the body black, 



