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black, the chestnut chest-b;iiul wanting, and upper parts much duller l)laek, or 

 dusk}- grayish brown, with the light markings indistinct. Yonnj in first year: 

 Similar to the preceding, br.t lower parts dull grayish buff, darker posteriorly; 

 transverse corrugations on tail-feathers obsolete. Dovrny yoxtng : Entirely uniform 

 buff. Length 32 25-36.00, wing about 14.00, tail 11.00, culmen 3.25. Kest a rude 

 sti'ucture of sticks, etc., in trees or bushes overhanging or near fresh-water rivers, 

 ponds, or lakes. Br/gs 2-4, 2.12 X 1-34, ovate or elongate-ovate, pale bluish green, 

 with a more or less continuous white calcareous superficial covering. ITab. The 

 whole of tropical and subtropical America, north to South Carolina, southern 

 Illinois (vicinitj- of Cairo), and western Mexico. 



118. A. anhinga (Linn.). Anhinga. 



F.\>[iLY PHALACROCORACIDiE.— The Cormorant.s. (Page 73.) 



Genera. 

 (Characters same as for the Family) Phalacrocorax. (Page 77.) 



Geni-.? phalacrocorax Brjsson. (Page 77, pi. XX., figs. 1, 2 ; pi. XXIL, 



fig. 1.) 



Xest a rude structure of sticks, etc., placed on trees, bushes, or rocks, near 

 water. Eggs 2-5, elongate-ovate, pale bluish green, with a more or less continuous 

 white chalky crust. 



Species. 



rt'. Bill stout, with decidedly curved upper outline, the middle portion of the cul- 

 men being appreciablj' concave, the terminal nail, or unguis, more or less 

 arched, stronglj- hooked, and occupying one-third, or more, of the entire 

 length of the upper mandible, measured to the base of the culmen. (Sub- 

 genus Phalacrocorax.) 

 6'. Tailfeathei-s 14. 



Adult : A whitish patch adjoining base of gular pouch ; rest of head, 

 neck, and lower parts blue-black ; back and wing-coverts grayish 

 brown, each feather bordered with black. JS'iiptial plumage: Ilead 

 ornamented with white filamentous feathers, occiput with a short 

 mane-like crest, and flanks with a lai-ge white patch. Young in sec- 

 ond year {?): Head, neck, and chest dull graj'ish brown, becoming 

 dusky on top of head and hind-neck, and brownish white on throat; 

 rest of lower parts brownish dusky, mixed with white along the 

 median line. Young in first year (J): Upper part of throat, chest, 

 breast, and middle of bellj-, white, streaked, except on throat, with 

 grayish brown ; top of head, and greater part of neck, grayish 

 brown. Nestling: Naked skin dull livid slate, feet purplish dusky, 

 with yellowish brown legs, the gular sac and inside of mouth flesh- 

 color. Length 34.00-40.00, wing 12.90-14.00, tail 7.25-7.75, culmen 



