118 CHECK LIST OF NOETH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



749. Pelecamis fuscus L. BGIG. c 527. R641. 



Brown Pelican. 



750. Phalacrocorax carbo (L.) Leach. B 520. c 528. R G42. 



Common Cormorant. 



751. Phalacrocorax dilophus (Sw.) Nutt. B 623. c 530. R 643. 



Double-crested Cormorant. 



752. Phalacrocorax dilophus cincinnatus (Brandt) Ridg. B 022. c 520. 



White-tufted Cormorant. PR (}^b. 



753. Phalacrocorax dilophus floridanus (Bartr.) Coues. B 624. c 530a. R 643a. 



Florida Cormorant. 



754. Phalacrocorax mexicanus (Brandt.) S. & S. B 625. c ssi. R 644. 



Mexican Cormorant. 



755. Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt) Ileerm. B 626. c 532. R645. 



Tufted Cormorant. 



756. Phalacrocorax perspicillatus Pall. B 021. c 533. R 648. 



Pallas's Cormorant. 



757. Phalacrocorax bicristatus Pall. B . c 534. R 647. 



Red-faced Cormorant. 



758. Phalacrocorax violaceus (Gm.) Ridg. B 627. c 535. R 646. 



Violet-green Cormorant. 



749. P. fus'-cus. Lat. fuscus, fuscous, dark. 



750. Phal-a-cro'-cor-ax car'-bo. Gr. <aAaKpo/copaf, Lat. phalacrocorax, a cormorant ; from 



<t>a\a.Kpos, bald, and Ko'pa|, a raven. Compare Phalaropus, No. 604. The cormorant was 

 often called " sea-crow," and " cormorant " is nothing but corvus marinus ; Fr. cormoran ; 

 Ital. corvo marine ; Span, cnervo mar i no or cuervo calvo (bald-headed crow). Lat. carbo, a 

 coal, charcoal ; whence carbon ; from the black color. 



The cormorants are all given as Graculus in the orig. ed. But this was according 

 to a way which G. R. Gray had of determining the types of genera, which has been 

 found not available. Graculus signifies that the bird is so like a crow in color ; cf. Eng- 

 lish " sea-crow," above. 



751. P. di'-16ph-us. Gr. Sis, twice, and Ao'^os, crest. 



752. P. d. cin-cin-na'-tus. Lat. cincinnatus, having curly hair; Lat. cincinnus, Gr. K'LKIVVOS, a 



curly lock. 



753. P. d. flo-ri-da'-nus. To Florida. Bartram named the bird before Audubon did. 



754. P. mex-i-ca'-nus. To Mexico. See Sialia, No. 28. 



755. P. pe-nT-cil'-la'-tus. Lat. pem'a'llum, a pencil, or painter's brush ; equivalent to peniculus, 



a little brush; this from penis, a tail, or the male organ: compare pendco, I hang; as 

 something pendent or appendaged. The reference is to the tufts of lengthened feathers 

 on the bird. 



756. P. per-splc-il-la'-tus. See (Edtmia, No. 739. 



757. P. bi-cris-ta'-tus. Lat. bis, twice, and cristatus, crested. Exactly equal to the Gr. 8/Ao0os. 



758. P. vT-o-la'-ce-us. Lat. violaceus, violet-colored ; viola, a violet. See lonornis, No. 685. 



