1840.] 



vf the Peninsula of India. 



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Genus CARBO, Mayer and Swains.— Cormor«?«^. 



394. - — CJavaniciis^ Horsf. — Phal. Afi icanus ? — Jogliralee^ H. — vulgo 

 Pun-kowa—'i, e. Water crow. 



Very common in all the tanks and rivers of India. Feeds on fish, and 

 is very voracious. 



Irides crimson ; bill black, reddish at base beneath ; legs black. 



I may state that I have specimens, shot in company with many others 

 of the same plumage, which have the wing coverts and scapulars blue 

 grey, margined with black, and in the belly and neck, having much 

 white in their plumage, mixed with dusky blackish. 



Length 23 ; tail 6 inches ; bill at front 1 yV^^- 



395. — C Cormorunus. — PcHcanus Carho^ L. — Glw-ghur, H. 



This is much more rare than the last. I have only seen it on the 

 wooded Bhowany river, at the foot of the Neilgherries, and once or 

 twice in the northern part of the table land, in large tanks. I have 

 seen it in the month of June, as far inland as Hydrabad, so it m^ost 

 probably remains here the whole year and breeds. Mr. Elliot mentions 

 it in his Catalogue, and I learn from him that it is far from being uncom- 

 mon in parts of the Southern Mahratta Country, and that it may some- 

 times be seen in considerable numbers, sitting on trees in the neigh- 

 bourhood of tanks. 



Length 2 feet 10 inches ; bill at front 2^ ; w^eight 4| lbs. 



Gekus PELiCANUS, L. 



896. — P. onocroialus, L. — Hairaseel, H. — The Pelican. 

 The Pelican is tolerably common in many of the tanks all over the 

 country, even very far inland, occasionally perches on lofty trees. 



Sue Family LARIDJE. — Gulls and Terns. 



Genus STERNA, Swains. 



Sub Genus STERNA, 'L.—Sea Swallotv, or Tern. — KagJmzee, H. 



1^97. — S. mdanogaster, Temm. — S. acnticauda, Gray and Hardw., 

 Ind. Zool. 



This Tern I have found all over the country, frequenting tanks, and 

 more especially rivers. 



