118 CHECK LIST OF NOBTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



■ 749. Pelecanus fuscus L. B 6i6. c 527. R 641. 



Brown Pelican. 



750. Phalacrocorax carbo (L.) Leach, b 620. c 528. R 642. 



Common Cormorant. 



751. Phalacrocorax dilophus (Sw.) Nutt. b 623. c 530. r 643. 



Double-crested Cormorant. 



752. Phalacrocorax dilophus cincinnatus (Brandt) Ridg. b 622. c 529. 



White-tufted Cormorant. [R 64::6. 



■ 753. Phalacrocorax dilophus floridanus (Bartr.) Coues. b 624. c 530a. r 643a. 



Florida Cormorant. 



754. Phalacrocorax mexicanus (Brandt.) S. & S. b 625. c 531. r 644. 



Mexican Cormorant. 



755. Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt) Heerm. b 626. c 532. R645. 



Tufted Cormorant. 



756. Phalacrocorax perspicillatus Pall, b 621. c 533. r 648. 



Pallas's Cormorant. 



757. Phalacrocorax bicristatus Pall, b — . c 534. r 647. 



Red-faced Cormorant. 



758. Phalacrocorax violaceus (Gm.) Ridg. b 627. c 535. R 646. 



Violet-green Cormorant. 



749. P. fus'-cus. Lat. /usci/s, fuscous, dark. 



750. Phal-a-cr6'-c6r-ax car'-bo. Gr. 0aA.o/cpo/co'pa|, Lat. phalacrocorax, a cormorant ; from 



(paXaKpos, bald, and Kopa^, a raven. Compare Phalaropus, No. 604. The cormorant was 

 often called " sea-crow," and " cormorant " is nothing but corvus marinus ; Fr. cormoran ; 

 Ital. corvo marina; Span, cuervo marino or cuervo calvo (bald-headed crow). — Lat. carbo, a 

 coal, charcoal ; whence carbon ; from the black color. 



The cormorants are all given as Graculus in the orig. ed. But this was according 

 to a way which G. R. Gray had of determining the types of genera, which has been 

 found not available. Graculus signifies that the bird is so like a crow in color ; cf . Eng- 

 lish " sea-crow," above. 



751. P. di'-16ph-us. Gr. Si's, twice, and Kocpos, crest. 



752. P. d. cin-cin-na'-tiis. Lat. cincinnatus, having curly hair; Lat. cincinnus, Gr. kUivvos, a. 



curly lock. 



753. P. d. flo-ri-da'-nus. To Florida. Bartram named the bird before Audubon did. 



754. P. mex-i-ca'-niis. To Mexico. See Sialia, No. 28. 



755. P. pe-n!-cil'-la'-tus. Lat. penicillum, a pencil, or painter's brush ; equivalent to peniculus, 



a little brush ; this from penis, a tail, or the male organ : compare pencleo, I hang ; as 

 something pendent or appendaged. The reference is to the tufts of lengthened feathers 

 on the bird. 



756. P. per-spic-il-la'-tus. See (Edtmia, No. 739. 



757. P. bi-cris-ta'-tus. Lat. bis, twice, and cristatus, crested. Exactly equal to the Gr. SiKocpos. 



758. P. vI-6-la'-cg-us. Lat. violaceus, violet-colored ; viola, a violet. See lonornis, No. 685. 



