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KEY TO THE ^VATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



into green at the tip; gular sac yellow. In winter the male loses the white hair-like feathers on 

 the neck : middle tail feathers showing transverse fluting. 



Adult female : Head, neck, and breast buff color, darker on the nape. 



Length, 33.50 : Wing, 13.50: Tail. 10.50: Tarsus. 1.35: Bill. 3.25. 



Ranges on the Atlantic coast from Florida to the Carolinas. It is 

 resident and-brceds in Florida, building its nest on some limb overhanging 

 water. The eggs are usually two or three and chalky white, having a 

 bluish tin<re. 



Family PHALACROCORACID.E. Cormorants. 

 Genus PHALACROCORAX Brisson. 



PHALACROCORAX DILOPHUS FL0RIDANU5 {And.). 

 Florida Cormorant. 



Adult in summer : General plumage black : liack and w ing coverts slaty brown :' tail consists 

 of twelve feathers. I 



Length, 36; Wing, 12: Tail. 5.75 : Bill. 2.20. | 



Common on the Florida coast. It breeds in the State, the nest being 

 built on bushes or trees. The eggs are dirty w hite with a bluish tinge. 



