Catalogue of mammals and birds of Burma / by the late E. Blyth ; with a memoir, and portrait of the author.

  • Edward Blyth
Date:
1875
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Credit: Catalogue of mammals and birds of Burma / by the late E. Blyth ; with a memoir, and portrait of the author. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    639. Rhtnchops albicollis (J. 995). Not rare, frequently seen on the Tavoy river, according to Mason. [Tonghoo (7F. 22.).] Order NATATORES. Tribe TOTIPALMAT2E. Fam. Pelecanidee- Pelicans. 640. Pelecanus javanicus. Common. [Jerdon’s number is left blank in MS.] *641 P. PHILIPPINENSIS. P. philippinensis, Gm.; Ann. M. N. II. xiv. p. 122; J. A. S. B. xviii. p. 821. Common. [Jerdon’s number is left blank in MS.] Fam. Graculiclse. Cormorants. 642. Graculus carbo (J. 1005). Obtained by Colonel Briggs at Tavoy,* and common in Upper Burma. Finlayson probably means this Cormorant when he mentions having procured “a fine species of black Pelican” in the Gulf of Siam. [Tonghoo (W. 22.).] 643. G. fuscicollis (J. 1006). Phalacrocorax sulciroslris, Brandt. Bhamo, Moulouug lake (J. Anderson). 644. G. PYGM.EUS (J. 1007). Ten-gyie. Common. | Tonghoo, Sittang river (IF. 72.).] * P. Z. S. 1859, p. 150.