BIRDS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ASIA. 



P. on&crotalus, L. (Edwards, pi. 93). 



Syn. p. roseus, Eversmann, ) Q R Gray 



Oaocrotalus plicenix, Lessou, ) ' ' 



Inhabits S. Europe ; W. Asia; Africa. A. 

 stufifed head and neck, copious pendent crest 5 

 in. long, and with the rest of the featliers very 

 unlike those ot either Indian Pelican. 



P. javanictcs^ Horsfield (Stephens, in Shaw's 

 Zoology, XIII. 109, pi. 12). 



Syn. p. onocrotalus of ludia, auctorura (also of Pal- 

 las ?). 

 P. crispus (?), Bruch. 



Haivasil, and Gaganhher, H. ; Qara Polo, 

 Beng. (generic) ; Lam^n^n, Malay ; Buhhid, 

 Java. Inhabits S. E. Asia and its islands. 

 Common in India. 



P. pliilippemis, Gmelin (PL Bnl. 965). 



Syn. p. roseus et T. raauilleusis, Gmeliii. 



Won-ho, Arracan ; Walar.ig Icadda, Jav. In- 

 habits S. E. Asia and its islands. More com- 

 mon in L. Bengal than the preceding species. 



Qenus GRACULUS, L. 



Gr. carlo, L. {PI. Enl. 927). 



Syn. Carbo cormoranus, Meyer, 



e. albiveiitris, 'J'ickell, J. A. S. XI. 463,— the 

 youDg. 



Gho-gliwr, H. ; Khamho, Siiidh. Inhabits 

 Northern hemisphere- Not comnion in most 

 parts of India and never in L. Bengal. Most 

 numerous towards the Himalaya. 



Gr, sinensis {Atlas to Macartney's Embassy 

 to China, pi. ). 



Syn, Pelicanus siiiPnsis, Shaw. 



Thalacrocorax fusoicollis, Stephens. 

 Ph. leuootis, Blyth. 

 Carbo leueogaster, Meyer. 

 C. nudigula, Brandt- 



Inhabits Asia, chiefly to the eastward. In 

 India, commonest towards the Himalaya, rare 

 in the peninsula, and never seen in L. Bengal. 



Gr. Linncei, G. R. Gray (Z ?. Col. 322). 



Syn. Pelicanus graciilus, L., apud G. E. Gray (nec 

 apud Temmiuck). 

 P. leucoftaster, Vieillot. 

 Carbo cristatus, Temminck. 



Inhabits Europe ; Africa to C. G. Hope. 



Gr. pygmmus (Hardw. III. Ind. Zool.) 



Syn. Pelicanus pygma;us, Pallas. 

 Carbo javauicus, Horsfield, 

 C. melanognathus, Brandt. 

 Phalacrocorax niger, Vieillot. 

 Halieus africanus apud Sundev.iU. 



Jogrciblii, Pan-koul, H. ; Pan-Koiva (i. e. 

 ' Water Crow'), Pan'Koiviif jiyi.A Pan-kouii, 



B. ; Kaben, Sindh ; Tong gijee, Arracan ; Pe- 

 clinch, Jav. Inhabits Asia and its Archipelago. 

 Extremely common througliout India. 



Gemis PLOTUS, L. 



PI. melanogaster, Gmelin. 

 Syn. PI. Vaillantii ot India, auctorum. 



Bamva, znA Pan Duhbi, H. ; Goyar, B.; 

 Teng-gyee, Arracan ; Dandang Ayer, Sum. In- 

 habits S. E. Asia and its archipelago. Com- 

 mon throughout India. 



Tribe LAMELLIROSTRES. 



Fam. ANATID^. 



Hans (root of Anser, &c.), H. 



Subfam. PHCENICOPTERIN^. 



Geniis PHCENICOPTERUS, L. 



Ph. roseus, Pallas. 

 Sy'N. Ph.'antiquus, Temminck. 



Bog-hans (' Heron Goose'), H. ; Kaan Thiin- 

 ti, B. Inhabits warmer regions of the old con- 

 tinent. Common in parts of India. It is the 

 smaller Indian Flamingo. 



Subfam. ANSERINiE. 

 Div. 1. Swans. 

 Getms CYGNUS, L. 

 C. olor {PI. Enl. 915). 



Syn. Anas olor, L. 



C. sibilus, Pallas. 

 C. mansuetu-i, Ray, 

 C. gibbu, bechstein. 



Inhabits N. Asia and of E. Europe, chiefly. 



C. atrata (Gould's P. A. Vol. VII. pi. 6). 



Syn. Anas atrata, Latham. 

 A. plutouia, Shaw. 

 Anas uovaj hoUandiae, Bounaterre. 



Inhabits Australia. 



Div. 2. Ordinary' Geese. 

 Paj Sans, H . 

 Genus ANSER,- Brisson. 



A. cygnoides {PI. Enl. 347). 

 Sy'N. Anas cygnoides, L. 



Inhabits China, where domesticated. Un- 

 known in the wild state. The domestic Geese 

 of India are a hybrid race between this and the 

 next species. 



A- cinereus, Meyer (Gould's B.E. pi. 347,— 

 very bad ; Yarrell's Br. Birds III., 53). 



Syn. Anas anser, L. 



Auser ferus, Gcsner. 

 A. vulgaris, Pallas. 

 ) A. palustris, Hemiug. 



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