BIKUS — IIIALACKOCORACIDAE — ORACULUS DILOl'UUS. b77 



GRACULUS PERSPICILLATUS, L a w r . 



I'ullns' C'ornioiniit* 



rhaiaerocoraz patjiiciUiitut, Pall. Zoog. Kusso-As. II, 1611,305. — Gould, Zool. Voy. Sulph. 1841,49; pi. xxxii — 



Bon. Cons. Av. II, le55, 167.— lb. CompteB Eendus, XLIII, Sep. 1856. 

 "PeUcaima uriUt Lath." Gould. Zoul. Voy. Sulpb, 1844, 49. 

 Craculus unit, Reich. Syet. Av. 1850, t. 65. 

 Vhalacnxorax urile, Bo.nap. Coiuptes Rendu-', XLII, Ap. 1856, 766. 



Sp. Cii. — Dark green ; on the face and upper part of the neck are long narrow hair-like feathers of a straw color ; gular sack 

 orange ; a large white mark on each side near the leg. 



AduU. ''Face and crest rich deep shining purple; neck deep greenish blue; the face and the upper part of the neck 

 ornameDted «ith some thinly dispersid, long, narrow hair-liko etraw-colimni feathers; body above and beneath deep glossy 

 green; ecapularios and wings deep purple, primaries and tail black, the latter with white shafts; on each side of the abdomen, 

 at the ineerlioD of the leg, a large patch of white; bill blackish hair-color, lighter at the tip; naked part of the throat, corners 

 of the mouth, and naked skin of the coverts apparently rich orange." 



" Total length, 36 inches; bill, 4 ; tail, 9; tarsi, 3." 



" I/ab. — Russian America." 



"Nearly allied to, if not identical with, but differs from the I'elecanus unltoi Latham in its much larger size, and in the 

 omameDtal plumes being dispersed over face and sides of the neck, instead of on the front of the latter only." 



There are no specimens of this species in the collection. 



The above is ilr. Gould's account of this species, taken from the Zoology of the Voyage of 

 the Sulphur. 



There appears to be some doubt whether this may not be the Red-faced Cormorant of Pennant 

 and Latham, (" Pel. wile, Gmelin.") Gray puts it under P. urile, Gm., with a question, and 

 Bonaparte at one time also considered it to be that species, but finally concluded it was 

 distinct. 



GRACULUS CINCINNATUS, Gray. 



The Tufted Cormorant. 



Carbo cmcinnattis, Brandt, Bull. Sc. Ac. Imp. Pet. Ill, 1837, 55. 

 Graculus cindnnatus. Gray, Gen. of Birds, 1845. 



Phalacrocorax tmcinnalvs, Bon. Cons. Av. II, 1855, 168. — Ib. Comptes Rendus, XLII, ]8.')6, 766. 

 Sp. Ch. — Silky black, glossed with shining green ; superciliary feathers white, prolonged behind and curled downwards. 

 AduU. Head, neck, back, and entire under plumage silky black, glossed with green; wing-coverts dull brownish grey, 

 margined nith black; tail shining black; over the eye is a line fornied of white feathers, the hinder ones greatly elongated, 

 radiating singly, rather stifl', curled backward and downward; bill stout, horny, and very rugose; feet black. 

 Length, about 36 inches. 

 Sab. — Northwest coast, Sitka. 



I have never had an opportunity of examining a specimen of this species. 



Graculus, Bo n ap. 

 GRACULUS DILOPHUS, Gray. 



Double-crestod Cormorant. 



Pelecanut (Carlo) dilophua, Sw. Faun. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 473. 

 Fhalacrocorax dilcphut, Nott. Man. II, 1834, 483.— Bo.v. Conip. List, 1833, 60.— Aud. Orn. Biog. Ill, 1835, 420 : V. 



1839, 628.— In. Syn. 1839, 302 —Ib. Birds Am. VI, 1843, 423; pi. eccc.xvi. 

 Graculus ddophut, Gray, Gen. of Birds, 1845. — Bos. Cons. Av. II, 1655, 172. — Ib. Comptes Rendus, XLII, 1856, 766. 

 Catbo dilophua, Ga.mb. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. 2d Ser. I, 1849, 227. 



