DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT 

 120. Plialacrocorax auritus. 30 in. 



Tail with 12 feathers; distinguished from the last 

 species in any plumage by the shape of the gular sac; 

 on the common Cormorant the feathers on the throat 

 extend forward to a point, making the hind end of the 

 pouch heart-flihaped, while in the present species it is 

 convex. In breeding plumage, this species has a tuft of 

 lack feathers on either side of the head. The throat 

 >uch is orange yellow: eyes green. These cormorants 



are found to some extent along the Atlantic coast, in 

 *" Hiinmer, from Maine northward, but they are chiefly 

 3? birds of the interior, being particularly abundant in 

 R Manitoba. 



Nest. On ledges on the coast, and on the ground in 



the interior, or in trees. The nests are made of sticks 



and weeds, shallow, shabby platforms holding 3 or 4 



eggs. The eggs are bluish-green and chalky. 



Range. Breeds from Maine, on the coast, Minnesota 

 northward; locally in North Carolina. Winters in the 

 Gulf States. 120a., Fla. Cormorant, found in the South 

 Atlantic and Gulf States, is smaller. 



