Cormorants 



122. Brandt Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicilla- 

 tus). L. 35; T. 6. Chin and sides of throat huffy 

 white or brownish. Ads. Above blue black, faintly 

 margined with black; below green black. Breeding 

 plumage. With white, hairlike plumes from back and 

 neck; no white on flanks; throat pouch blue. Yng. 

 Above dark brown; throat and belly whitish; breast 

 and sides brown. 



Range.- 

 dent. 



-Pacific coast from Cape St. Lucas to Washington; resi- 



123. Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus). 



L. 28; W. 10; T. 6.2. Forehead feathered; back 

 feathers not margined. Ads. Above glossy green and 

 purplish black; below bottle green. Breeding plumage. 

 With white plumes on neck and rump and white 

 patches on flanks; nape and forehead, crested. Yng. 

 Above greenish dusky brown, less green below. 



Range. — "Aleutian and Kuril Islands, and Kamchatka, south to 

 Japin." (A. O. I.) 



123a. Violet-green Cormorant (P. p. robust us). 

 Similar to No. 123, but larger; bill stouter, W. 10.8. 



Range. — Coast of Alaska, from Norton Sound south to Washington." 

 (A. O. U.) 



123b. Baird Cormorant (P. p. resph mdens). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 123, but smaller; bill slenderer; W. 9.5. 

 Notes. A croaking, guttural note. 



Range. — Pacific coast from Washington south to Mazatlan, Mexi- 



124. Red-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax urile). 

 L. 34. Forehead as well as lotes bare. Ads. Above 

 green and purple; head and neck blue black; belly 

 green. Breeding plumage. With forehead and nape 

 crests and white patches on flanks. Notes. "A low, 

 droning croak." (Nelson.) 



Range. — "Pribilcf, Aleutian, and Kuril Islands, and coast of Kam- 

 chatka. South in winter to northern Japan." (A. O. t'.j 



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