PALLAS'S CORMORANT 233 



Cormorants, but the bird does not seem to have 

 used its wings so much, and possibly was most 

 active in the water. 



As previously stated, Pallas's Cormorant was the 

 largest of its family known to science. Its general 

 colour was dark green, glossed with blue on the 

 neck and with purple on the scapulars. The 

 shafts of the tail were white. In the nuptial 

 season the neck was adorned with long pale 

 yellow filaments. Round the eyes was a broad 

 ring of bare white skin — hence the specific 

 name. 



