COMMON CORMORANT. 



STEGANOPODES. 



143 



PELECANIDM. 



Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus*). 



THE COMMON CORMORANT. 



Phalacrocorax carho. 



Phalacrocorax, i?mso?it.— Bill moderate, or long, straight, compressed, 

 culmen rounded ; upper mandible very much curved at the point, hooked ; the 

 base connected with a membrane which extends to the throat. Face and throat 

 naked. Nostrils basal, linear, hidden. L^gs strong, short, abdominal ; thiea toes 

 in front, one behind, the hind toe articulated on the inner surface of the tarsus ; 



* Pdecanus Carbo, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 216 (1766). 

 t Ornithologie, vi. p. 511 (1760). 



