1. PHALACROCORAX. 



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underparts are not of such a rich glossy black. Birds of this age 

 (probably about 26 months old), though they do not breed, assume 

 a partial breeding-plumage : the hair-like leathers on the head and 

 neck being indicated, while the white Hank-patches are partially 

 acquired. 



Hah. The Atlantic coast of North America from Hudson's Bay 

 to Georgia ; South Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, thence across Europe 

 and Asia to Kamtschatka ; southwards to the Cape of Good Hope, 

 and from the Mediterranean to the Malay Peninsula ; Australia, 

 New Zealand, and Chatham Islands, 



