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Pelagic Coimoraut. (L. A. Fuertes.) 



2(l-4th eds. 1884-90, p. 728, No. 757. Graculus bicristntus Bu. Trans. Chicago Acad, i, 

 1869, p. 321, pi. 33, Kadiak, original entry into our fauna; COUES, Key, orig. ed. 1872, 

 p. 304. Phalacrocomx urile, B. B. & R. Water B. N. A. ii, 1884, p. 1(32; Ridgw. Man. 

 1887, p. 80 ; A. 0. U. Lists, 1886-95, No. 124. 



P. pela'gicus. (Gr. nfXdyios, pelac/ios, Lat. pelagicus, of the sea, marine, pelagic. Fig. 

 678.) Pelagic Cormorant. Violet-green Cormorant. Very closely related to the 

 preceding ; hut face not bare, the fi-ontal feathers reaching cnlmen ; gular sac inconspicuous, 

 very extensively feathered, the feathers reaching on sides of under mandible to below eyes, and 

 running in a point on sac fiir in advance of this. Adult ^ 9 , in breeding plumage : Deep 

 lustrous green, including back, the feathers of which are not margined; scapulars, wing- 

 coverts, and sides of body iridescent with purplish or coppery, neck with rich violet and blue. 

 Two median black crests, a few scat- 

 tered white plumes on neck and rump, 

 and white flank-patch, as in bicrista- 

 tus. Adults out of season lack crests, 

 plumes, and patches. Young : Not 

 easy to distinguish from young bicris- 

 tatus ; notice feathered face, and green 

 rather than purplish gloss, if any, on 

 back and scapulars ; plumage mostly 

 plain dusky, darkest and most glossy 

 above, grayer and duller below. 

 Downy young sooty gray. Small : 

 Length 25.00-29.00 ; extent about 

 40.00; wing 10.00-11.00; tail 6.00- 

 7.00 ; tarsus 2.00 ; culineu 2.00 ; gape 

 3.00 ; bill smooth and slender, its depth at base about 0.33. North Pacific, on the Asiatic 

 side S. to the Kuriles and Japan, on the American side to Washington and the Aleutians ; 

 abundant in suitable places on the Alaska coast, breeding on cliffs. Eggs 2.35 X 1.45. It 

 is an error to attempt to separate Alaskan birds from jje?«(7ic».s ; they are absolutely iden- 

 tical, as I have long been assured: see also Gr.a.nt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi, 1898, p. 3G1, cdu- 

 firming this view. P. 2^elagicus Pall. Zoog. R.-A. ii, 1811, \). 303, pi. 76; B. B. & R. 

 Water B. N. A. ii, 1884, p. 160; Ridgw. Man. 1887, p. 80; A. 0- U. Lists, 1886-95, No. 

 123. Graculus violaceus Lawr. in Bd. B. N. A. 1858, p. 881; Coues, Key, 1872, p. 304. 

 Phalacrocorax violaceus Coues, Key, 2d-4th eds. 1884-90, p. 729, No. 758 ; but I have 

 abandoned the name, in the uncertainty attaching to Pelecanus violaceus of the early authors ; 

 and P. resplendens Aud. which I cited here, perliaps is better referable to the following sub- 

 species. P. pelagicus robustus, B. B. & R. Water B. N. A. ii, 1884, p. 160; Ridgw. 

 Man. 1887, p. 80; A. 0. U. Lists, 1886-95, No. 123 nr. 



P. p. resplen'dens. (Lat. resplendens, resplendent, splendid.) Resplendent Coumokant. 

 Baird's Cormorant. Like the last, but very small, with extremely slender bill; wing 

 avera{:ing under 10.00; tarsus 1.67 ; culmen 1.75 ; gajie 2.67. This is a small soutiiern race, 

 bearing somewhat the relation to pelagicus that albociliatus does to cincittnatus, or Jloridauus 

 to dilophus proper, as noted in the original edition of the Key, 1872, p. 304. Eggs indistin- 

 guishable. Pacific coast of the TJ. S., Washington to Lower California and southward, breeding 

 on various rocky islands, especially on the California coast; type of resplcndois from the mouth 

 of the Columbia, type of hairdi from tiie Farallones. P. resplcndois Aid. v, 18.'ii>, p. 148, folio, 

 pi. 412, fiij. 1 ; 8vo, 1843, vi, j). 440, pi. 419. P. pelagicus resploidcus, B. B. &: R. Water 

 B. N. A. ii, 1884, p. 160; Ridgw. Man. 1887. p. 80: A. O. U. Lists, 188(!-95. No. 123/;. 

 Graculus bairdii Ghvbkr Ms., Cooper, I'r. IMiila. Acad. I8(>5. p. 5; Elliot, B. N. \. ii, 

 1869, pi. 4!». P. violaceus bairdi CnrES, Key, 2<l-4th ed.s. 1884-!>0. p. 729, No. 7.')9. 



