34 STEGANOPODES : Totipalmate Swimmers 



FARALLON CORMORANT 



(120c. Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus) 30 in. 



Adults: Greenish-black above, feathers edged with black; 

 shining black below. In breeding plumage has tufts of long 

 white feathers above and behind eye. Gular sac yellow. 



Immatures, first winter: Brownish, lighter below, bleaching to 

 light gray in spring. Second winter: Brown (darker), acquiring 

 black in spring, when lower parts are usually black-barred. 



Feeds exclusively on fish, its elongated shape and full-webbed 

 foot adapting it to catching the finny prey in its own element. 



BRANDT CORMORANT 



(122. Phalacrocorax penicillatus) 30 in. 



Adults: Glossy green-black, purplish on hind-neck; in spring 

 with hair-like white plumes on neck and back. Gular sac blue, 

 separated from black neck by a "gorget" of light brown feathers. 



Immatures, first winter : Dark brown above and sides, lighter 

 below, and throat still lighter. Darker in second winter; nearly 

 black by spring. 



It is hard to conceive an animate object more repulsive than 

 the naked, black, loose-skinned, shapeless lump of bird life 

 emerging from a Cormorant egg. 



BAIRD CORMORANT 



(123b. Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens) 26 in. 



Adults: Shining blue-black, changing to violet on neck and 

 purplish on wings ; a large, white patch on flank, very conspicuous 

 in flight. In winter the flanks are black. 



Immatures: Dusky brown, with lighter head and darker back. 



Smallest of our Cormorants, and differing so from the 

 Farallon and Brandt, with which it flocks, that it is easily 

 identified even in winter dress. 



