AVES. 27 



STEGANOPODES. 



PH ALACROCOR AC I D AE . 



52. Phai.acrocorax carbo (Linn6) Leach. 



Cormorant; Common cormorant; Shag; Taunton shag; Taun- 

 ton turkey. 



Audubon, Birds of Amor., 1843, vol. 6, p. 412, pi. 415. Coues, 



Key No. Amer. birds, ed. 5, 1903, vol. 2, p. 963. Egg, Capen, 

 1886, pi. 21, fig. 8. 



Pelecanus carbo Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 133. 



"IX EUROPA." 



Salt water mainly; nests in colonies on sea cliffs. 



Me. — Common migrant and uncommon winter resident. Oct.- 

 April 20. 



Vt. — Rare migrant: Rutland, 1867. 



Mass. — Uncommon migrant and rare winter resident coastwise. 

 April-May 14; Sept. 22-Xov. (winter). 



R. I. — Uncommon migrant and winter resident. Sept. 15- 

 (Junc 3). 



Coxx. — Uncommon migrant and winter resident. Fall-May. 



53. Phai.acrocorax Arums (Lesson) Grant. 



Double-crested cormorant; Shag; Taunton turkey. 



Carbo auritus I .ess., Traits d'ornith., 1 83 1 . vol. 1, p. 605. " Nou- 



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Phalacrocorax dilophns Coues, Key No. Amer. birds, ed. 5, 1903, 

 vol. 2, ]). 963, fig. 1170; Audubon, Ornith. biogr., 1835, vol. 3, pi. 

 257. Egg, Capen, L886, pi. 22. fig. 1. 



Coastal; nests in colonies <>n sea dill's. 



Me. — Common migrant; rare winter and summer (Black Horse 

 Ledge) resident. Eggs, June 23-July •'!. 



X. II. — Uncommon migrant coastwise; occasional inland. 

 Spring; Oct. 



