THE BAIRD CORT^TORANT. 



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No. 344- 



BAIRD'S CORMORANT. 



.\. ( ). U. No. 123 Ij. Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens (And.). 



Synonyms. — Resplexdkxt Ccirmuraxt. Southern' \'iolet-greex Cor- 

 morant. SlT\<*.. 



Description. — In coloration exactly like preceding; form : smaller. \\ ing 10.00 

 (254) or under; bill narrower, averaging in length 1.75 (44.5). 



Recognition Marks. — Brant size; white flank-patches distinctive in breeding 

 season ; the smallest and the blackest, to distant view, of the local Cormorants. 

 Nests on the sides of clifts. 



Nesting. — Nest and Ecjgs: as in preceding. Av. size of eggs, 2.20 x 1.30 

 (55.9x33). Season: c. June 20; one brood. 



General Range. — Pacific Coast of North .America from the Forty-ninth 

 Parallel south tn Alazatlan, Mexico. 



Range in Washington. — Breeding commonly thruout the ()Iympiades; also 

 sparingly on the San Juan Islands. 



Authorities. — Phalacrocorax resplendens. Audubon, Birds of N. A. \'ol. V, 

 1839. p. 14X. folio, pi. 412. fig. I. T. CiJtS. E. 



Specimens. — I . of W. E. 



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Photo by the Author. 



KNOBAXD-SPIKE. 



