IgS BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



FAM. GRACULID^. 



CORMORANTS. 



GRACULUS DILOPJfUS VAR. J'LORWANUS. (.V-t/.) {And) 

 Florida Cormorant. 



Winter Plumage, Male. — .Smaller than C. carlw, but bill about 

 as large ; above, greenish black ; feathers of the back and coverts, 

 gray, edged with dark brown; head and neck, dark brown, shading 

 into grayish on the throat, and dull white mottled with ]>alc brown 

 below; rump, tail, and feet, black; sac and lores, bright yellow. 



Length 29.50, wing 11.50, tail 6, tarsus 2, bill 2.05. 



An abundant .species. On Jan. 18, 1879, while exploring Fresh 

 Creek, Andros Island, a pair of young birds of this species were 

 captiu-cd. They were but a few weeks old and not able to fly, so 

 that after an exciting scramble through the bushes we caught them, 

 and packed them away snugly in the bow of the boat. The nest 

 was built in a clump of mangroves, about fifteen feet from the water, 

 and was merely a mass of small sticks and grass, loosely thrown 

 together, 



I he young birds were at first very savage, and although they 

 could not really injure any one, their little sharp bills cut the skin as 



