GRACULUS FLORFDANUS. 035 



basally; guhir poncli, passing from nearly white anteriorly, tlirough ricli yellow and 

 then orange, into intense dragou'sblooil- or brick-red at the base, and with a blackish 

 snffusion anteriorly ; loose, flabby skin of the lores and orbital region, rich orange- 

 yellow ; eyelids, dark dragou'sbloodred ; iris, clear pearl-white; naked portion of tho 

 tibia, tarsi, and feet, intense orange-red, so deep as to have the appearance of having 

 been dyed. [ Without the mandibuhir process.] 



TOO, i ad.: Pyraiuid Lake, May 28, 1808. (52— 101— I't.i— ISi. Weight, 17 

 pounds. Same remarks. [ Without the mandibttlar jiroccss.] 



570-079, eggs ; island in Pyramid Lake, May 10, 1,S08. One hundred and nine 

 eggs, from a.s wany nests. Nests, mere heaps of gravel, with a slight dc[)ression on top, 

 crowded together on a narrow point of the island, only a few feet above the surface of 

 the lake. 



Family G RACULIDiE— Cormorants . 

 Graculus dilophus. 



Doiiblc-crcstcd Coriuoraiit. 



/S. floridanus. 

 ■ {Pah-tsik' -ivy-lie or Pah-tsik' -we of the Paiutes.) 



Phalacrocorax Jtoridanm, Audubon, Orn. Biog., Ill, 1835, 387; B. Am., oct. ed., 



VI, 430, pi. 417. 

 Graculus floridanus, Bonap., Consp. Av., II, 1855, 172. — Lawrence, in Baird's 



Birds N. Am., 1858, 879.— Baikd, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 024. 

 Graculus dilophm var. floridanus, COUES, Key, 1872, 303 ; Check List, 1873, No. 



530a. 

 Graculus dilophus. h. floridanus, CoUES, Birds N.W., 1874, 587. 



This Cormorant was very abundant at Pyramid Lake and ah>niT tlio 

 lower portion of the Truckee River, being the only species of the family 

 occurring in that vicinity. It was found from May until August, but in 

 December none were observed. Small congregations were frequently to bo 

 seen during the summer-time, perched upon the snags far out in the lake, the 

 latter being nearly submerged cotton-wood trees which marked, at that time, 

 the former course of the river when the lake occupied more restricted limits.' 



'As is the case with the Great Salt Lake, Pyramid Lake has risen many feet 

 within the last few years, the principal encroachment being on the low land adjacent 

 to the mouth of the Truckee River, which at the time of our last visit was thrown a 

 mile or nu)re back from Its former location, as markcil by the line of iiartly submerged 

 trees alluded to above.* 



