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BAIRD’S CORMORANT. 
\. O. U. No. 123 b. Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens ( Aud.). 
Synonyms.—RESPLENDENT CORMORANT. SOUTHERN VIOLET-GREEN Cor- 
MORAN’. SHAG. 
Description.—In coloration exactly like preceding form; smaller. Wing 10.00 
(254) or under; bill narrower, averaging in length 1.75 (44.5). 
Recognition Marks.—Brant size; white flank-patches distinctive in breeding 
season; the smallest and the blackest, to distant view, of the local Cormorants. 
Nests on the sides of cliffs. 
Nesting.—Nest and Eggs: as in preceding. Av. size of eggs, 2.20 x 1.30 
(55-9 X 33). Season: c. June 20; one brood. 
General Range.—Pacific Coast of North America from the Forty-ninth 
Parallel south to Mazatlan, Mexico. ; 
Range in Washington.—Breeding commonly thruout the Olympiades; also 
sparingly on the San Juan Islands. 
Authorities.—Phalacrocorax resplendens, Audubon, Birds of N. A. Vel. V, 
1839; p. 148; folio, pl) 412, fis. 7. IT. C&S. BE. 
Specimens.—U. of W. E. 
Photo by the Author. 
KNOB-AND-SPIKE. 
