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about the island, and it could be distinguished by its blue 

 gular pouch and the whitish pencilings about the neck. 



In three sets of three eggs each there is considerable varia- 

 tion in the shapes of the eggs, but the average dimensions are 

 nearly 60 by 40 millimeters. The largest egg noted was 63 

 Fis. 4. Jones, 1007. 



White-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax dilophus ciiicinnatus). 

 Old and young. 



by 41, and the smallest, except the runt, was 52.2 by 39.5. The 

 runt measured 41 by 28.5. The eggs are about equal ended, 

 with plumper outlines and blunter and more rounded ends 

 than the typical cormorant egg. Careful scrutiny reveals the 



