CORMORANTS—Family Phalacrocoracide 
CORMORANT 
119. Phalacrocorax carbo. 36 in. 
Largest of our cormorants; tail with 14 feathers. 
Adults with glossy black head, neck and underparts; 
in breeding season with white plumes on the neck and 
a white patch on the flanks. Young with throat and 
belly white, rest of underparts mixed brown with black. 
Cormorants feed chiefly upon fish which they pursue 
and catch under water. They were formerly extensively, 
and are now to a less extent, used by the Chinese to 
eatch fish for them, a ring being placed around their 
neck to prevent their swallowing their prey. 
Nest.—Made of seaweed and sticks on narrow ledges | 
of rocky islets or sea cliffs, this species being entirely 
maritime. The four eggs are greenish-white, covered 
with a chalky deposit. (2.50 x 1.40). 
Range.—Breeds from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland 
north to Labrador and Greenland; winters south to the 
middle states. 
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