NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



119. CORMORANT. Phalacrocorax carbo. (From-Brehm.) 



met with a colony of this Cormorant in company with the Double-crested species 

 on the coast of Labrador. Many of the nests contained large young June 19. Nests 

 of the Double-crested Cormorant were placed wherever the ledges would hold them, 

 while those of the common species were built clpse to the top. The nests of the 

 Common Cormorant usually contained four or five eggs, and several sets were 

 taken of six. The eggs average larger than those of the Double-crested; the sizes 

 vary from 2.38 to 2.65 long by 1.29 to 1.60 broad. Color, pale greenish; form, ellip- 

 tical. 



120. DOUBLE-CHESTED COBMOBANT. Phalacrocorax dilophus (Sw/ & 

 Rich.) Geog. Dist. Atlantic coast of North America; southward in the interior to 

 the Great Lakes and Wisconsin. 



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