of the United States. 403 



Felecanus carbo, L. Carbo cormoranus, Temm. Le Cor- 

 moran,*%uff. pi. enl. $27. adult in full dress. Corvorant of 

 Wilson's list. 



Inhabits the north of both continents : rare and migratory 

 in the United States. 



354. Phalacrocorax graculus, Dumont. Bill three and a half 

 inches long ; tail very long, conic, of twelve feathers. 



Adult greenish-black ; a few scattered white streaks on the 

 neck 5 in winter bronzed, a golden-green crest ; head, neck 

 and thighs, with short small white feathers. 



Young blackish, more or less mixed with whitish beneath. 



Pelecanus graculus, L. Carbo graculus, Temm. Fou 

 brun de Cayenne, Buff. pi. enl. 974. young. Pelecanus parvus, 

 Gm. Lath, young. 



Inhabits both continents and both hemispheres : not un- 

 common in spring and autumn in the middle states : very com- 

 mon in Florida, where it breeds ! though very abundant in 

 the Arctic and Antarctic circles. 



355. Phalacrocorax cristatus, Dumont. Bill very slender, 

 three and a half inches long ; tail very short, rounded, of 

 twelve feathers. 



Adult bright golden-green, without white feathers : in win- 

 ter a broad, long, golden tuft on the top of the head, and 

 a slender crest behind. 



Young blackish, beneath more or less whitish. 



Crested Shag, Lath. Pelecanus cristatus, Gm. Carbo 

 cristatus, Temm. pi. col. 322. adult in full dress. Carbo bra- 

 chyurus, Brehm. 



Inhabits the north of both continents : rather rare, and 

 during winter only, in the United States. 



356. Phalacrocorax pygm^ius, Dumont. Bill one inch and a 

 half long, shorter than the head ; tail long, cuneiform, of 

 twelve feathers : scapulars long, subulate. 



Adult black, slightly glossed with green ; eyebrows dotted 



