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Show 420 MR. 11. SWINHOE ON HIE BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, black; primaries brownish white on their inner webs; large loose feathers on the sides of the rump light reddish brown ; abdomen splashed with brown. 649. PHALACROCORAX CARBO (L.); Ibis, I860, p. 68, 1861, pp. 261, 345, 1863, p. 433,1867, p. 390, 1870, p. 367 ; P.Z. S. 1863, p. 324. Phalacrocorax filamentosus, Ibis, 1861, pp. 264, 409. Phalacrocorax capillatus, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 325. Throughout China and Formosa ; in the south only during the winter. 650. GRACULUS BICRISTATUS (Pall.), Ibis, 1861, pp. 408, 410, 1863, p. 434 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 325. Phalacrocorax eeolus, Ibis, 1867, p. 395. Occurs in winter on the China coast. 651. PELECANUS MITRATUS, Licht. Abh. Ak. Wiss. Berl. 1838, t. 32 ; P. Z. S. 1868, p. 266, fig. 3. Pelecanus minor, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 428. Pelecanus onocrotalus, Ibis, 1865, p. 352 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 325. I have a specimen from Foochow. 652. PELECANUS PHILIPPENSIS (Gm.). Pelecanus philippensis, Swinh. Ibis, 1865, p. Ill, 186f>, p. 297; P.Z.S. 1863, p. 325. Pelecanus crispus, Ibis, 1860, p. 68, 1862, p. 254. Amoy. 653. SULA FIBER (L.). Sula fusca, Briss. ; Ibis, 1870, p. 367 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 325, Sula sinicadvena, Ibis, 1865, p. 109. Formosa; Shanghai. 654. LARUS NIVEUS, Pall.; Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p.224; Ibis, 1863 p. 428, 1870, p. 366 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 325. Larus canus, var. major, Midd. Sib. Reise; P. Z. S. 1864 p. 272. Larus canus, Ibis, 1860, p. 68, 1861, p. 345. Like the following, but with stronger bill and longer tarse and toes. Visits Amoy harbour in the coldest weather, usually in immature plumage. 655. LARUS CANUS, L. Much commoner than the last in Amoy harbour in winter, and often in fine adult plumage. Probably breeds in more southerly latitudes than its ally. |