EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 19 



to Southern Illinois, in April ; in the northern section, a little 

 later. 



1206. White-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax dilophus 

 cmcinatus. Eggs, indistingnishable from those of No. 120. 

 Breeds on the northwestern coast of North America. 



120c. Faeallone CoRaiORA^T, Phalacrocorax dilophus albo- 

 ciliatus. Eggs, indistinguishable from those of No. 120. 

 Breeds on the coast of California, southward, to Cape St. 

 Lucas. 



121. Mexican Cormorant, PAa^acrocoraaj W2ea;icam«s. Eggs, 

 indistinguishable from tiiose of No. 120. Breeds in the West 

 Indies, Bahamas (?), South and Central America, to Southern 

 United States, and in the interior in Kansas and Southern 



Illinois. 



122. Brandt's Cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus, 

 EggSj 1.60 + 2.55 to 1.65-1-2.60. Nests placed on clifts. 

 Breeds on the Pacific coast, from Cape St. Lucas to Washing- 

 ton Territory. 



123. Pelagic Cormorant, P/irt^acrocoraaj joefo^'icMs. Eggs, 

 1.45 + 2.25 to 1.50 -f- 2.50. Breeds on the Aleutian and Ku- 

 rile Islands, and in Kamtschatka. 



123a. Violet-green Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus 

 robustus. Eggs, indistinguishable from those of No. 123. 

 Breeds on the coast of Alaska, Norton Sound, and Sitka. 



1235. Baird's Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus res- 

 plendens. Eggs similar to those of No. 123. Breeds on the 

 Pacific coast of North America, from Washington Territory to 

 Cape St. Lucas. 



124. Red-faced Cormorant, Phalacrocorax nrile. Eggs, 

 2; 1.50 -I- 2.30 to 1.55 + 2.35. Breeds on the Prybiloff and 

 Aleutian Islands, and on the coast of Kamtschatka, in June. 



Family XII. — PELECANID^. Pelicans. 



Eggs, oval, yellowish white, covered with a chalky incrusta- 

 tion, obscuring the green in the ground-color ; distinguishable 



