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XoKTH American Birds Eggs. 



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[t'halky groeiiish or bluish whitc.J 



in rows aloni; the high 

 ItHlires, where they sit, as one 

 writer aptly expresses it, like so 

 many hhu'k bottles. A few pairs 

 also nest on some ol the isolated 

 rocky islets off the Maine eoast. 

 During the latter part of May 

 anil iluring June they lay 

 irenerally four or five irreenish 

 whitt'. I'halkv looking esrcs*. 

 Size L'.oO X i.W. Data.-Blaek 

 Horse Hoek, Maine i-oast, June 

 ti, ISl'o. Four eirir!> in a nest of 

 seaweed and a few sticks; on a 

 high ledge of rock. Collector, 

 C.^A. Kee\l. 





I 20. Double-crested Cormorant. 



Phdhirrocorax (filophu--^. 



also in the interior, hreeding from Xova Scotia. 



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Range. — The Atlantic coast and 

 anil North Dakota northward. 



This is a slightly smaller hird than nirhi). and in the nesting season the white 

 plumes of the latter are replaced by tufts of black and white feathers from above 

 each eye. On the coast they nest the same as carho and in company with them 

 on rocky islands. In the interior they place their nests on the ground or 

 occasionally in low trees on islands in the lakes. They breed in large colonies, 

 making the nests of sticks and weeds and lay three or four eggs like those of 

 the common Cormorant but averaging shorter. Size 2. oO x 1.4(1. Data. — Stump 

 Lake. North Dakota. May ;^1, 1S;I7. Nest of dead weeds on an island. Six eggs. 

 Collector, T. F. Kastgate. 



120a. Florida Cormorant. Ph(il(irriiC(:r<t.v (Uli)phi(s i'Ji)ri(hiitiis. 



This sub-species is a comm<)n breeding bird in the swamps and islands of the 

 Gulf coast and north to South C^irolina and southern Illinois. The nests are 

 placed in the mangroves in some of the most impenetrable swamps and are 

 composed of twigs and lined with leaves or moss. They lay three or four chalky 

 bluish whiteeggs. Size -.o(l x 1.40. Data.— Bird Is., Lake Kissimee. Florida. 

 April o. ISliS. Three eggs. Nest made of weeds and grass, in a willow bush. 



120b. White-crested Cormorant. Phdlttcroconi.r (!ilo[iliiis rinciiKiiiis. 



Range.— Northwestern coast of North America, breeding in Alaska, and 

 south to the northern boundary of the I'nited .^tates, breeding both in the 

 interior and on the coast, in the former case generally on the giound or in low 

 trees on swampy islands and in the latter, on the rocky cliffs of the coasts and 

 islands. The nests are built in the same fashion as the other Cormorants, and 

 the three to tive eggs are similar. Size L'.4-3 x 1.40. 



