. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Bulletin 49 Vol. 86. Left to right: Phalacrocorax lucidus lugubris; type male P. carbo patricki: paratype female patricki. triangular patch of bright salmon pink between eye and gape; bill dark leaden horn-grey, paler at base of lower mandible; throat black with small yellowish spots, greyish towards base; feet black. Paratype: adult female; differs from male in having longer white head and neck plumes, but less extensive than in sinensis. Measurements: exposed culmen 58; wing 308; tail 144; tarsus 54 mm. Type to be deposited in
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Bulletin 49 Vol. 86. Left to right: Phalacrocorax lucidus lugubris; type male P. carbo patricki: paratype female patricki. triangular patch of bright salmon pink between eye and gape; bill dark leaden horn-grey, paler at base of lower mandible; throat black with small yellowish spots, greyish towards base; feet black. Paratype: adult female; differs from male in having longer white head and neck plumes, but less extensive than in sinensis. Measurements: exposed culmen 58; wing 308; tail 144; tarsus 54 mm. Type to be deposited in British Museum (Natural History). Paratype deposited in National Museum (formerly Coryndon Museum), Nairobi, Kenya. At first it was thought possible that patricki represented an un- discovered breeding plumage of the White-necked Cormorant, but an examination of several hundred adult White-necked Cormorants at close quarters through powerful binoculars did not reveal any birds of inter- mediate plumage. Also during subsequent visits to the Queen Elizabeth Park examples of non-breeding patricki have been seen in which the under parts and neck were black, with or without a brownish tinge to the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Ornithologists' Club. London : British Ornithologists' Club
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