54 



KI.Y TO mi: i;n;i or KA>TI:I;.\ NOHTII AMKUICA. 



FAMILY PHALACROCORACID/C. 



Cormorants. 



Bill, hooked at tip, and less than twelve inches long; 

 bare skin at base of bill and chin; lores, bare; toes, four, 

 all connected by webs. 



* Group 1. Wing, 11 to 15 inches long. 



I'h.ii. ,<<, i;isc<ti-in>. Common Cormorant. Shag. 



S.-c \n. 7'.'. 

 <>! I \\ <] vr lr:itll<TS. 



, ,i;ini>inix. :ni<i races. I)ouble=crested Cormorant and Florida Cormorant. 



See NTos. so :m <l si 



'1'lic .Mi'\ii-:iii < ni'inc.i-.-iiil, :i snuillcr -t|ici-ic<, 



CIII--; in lln- M i~<i--i|>|>i \ :ill'y. 



* For iliri'i-tiiin- l.ir iiira.-urcini-nt, B6C (uiKC 9. 



