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PHALACROCORACID^ '. CORMORANTS. 



DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. 

 Phalacrocorax dilophus (Szv.) N7Ltt. 



C/iars. Tail of twelve feathers. 



a Gular sac convex behind. 

 Plumage glossy greenish- 

 black ; feathers of the back 

 and wings coppery-gray, 

 black-shafted, black-edged ; 

 adult with curly black lat- 

 eral crests, and in the 

 breeding season other fil- 

 amentous white ones, over 

 the eyes and along the 

 sides of the neck ; white 

 flank-patch not observed in 

 the specimens examined, 

 but probably occurring ; 

 gular sac and lores orange. 

 Length. 30.00-33.00 inches; 

 wing, 12.00 or more ; tail, 

 6.00 or more ; bill along 

 gape, 3.50 ; tarsus a little 

 over 2.00. Young plain 

 dark brown, paler or gray- 

 ish (even white on the 

 breast) below, without head- 

 plumes. 



This is the Cormorant 

 most widely diffused in 

 North America, and one 

 which occurs in New 



Fig. 74. -Double-crested Cormorant. E^crland UUdcr cirCUm- 

 Natural size. " 



Stances similar to those 

 under which the preceding species is found. 



