80 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



with a large patch of pure white. Young: Uniform 

 brownish dusky, lighter and inclining to brownish gray on 

 head, the upper parts darker and more glossy, with a faint 

 greenish reflection. Nestling: Covered with down of a 

 uniform dark sooty gray color. Length 25.00-29.00. 

 e\ Wing 9.50-10.60 (10.10), tail 6.00-6.75 (6.30), culmen 

 1.70-2.00 (1.85). Hab. Coast of Kamtschatka, and 

 Aleutian Islands; south, in winter, to Kurils and 

 northern Japan. 



123. P. pelagicus PALL. Pelagic Cormorant. 



e\ Wing 10.00-11.40 (10.80), tail 6.25-8.50 (7.00), culmen 



1.70-2.10 (1.95); bill much stouter than in pelagicus. 



Eggs 2.34 X 1-48. Hab. Coast of Alaska, from Norton 



Sound south to Washington Territory 123a. P. 



pelagicus robustus EIDGW. Violet-green Cormorant. 

 e\ Wing 9.30-10.50 (9.79), tail 5.80-7.00 (6.30), culmen 

 1.65-2.00 (1.81) ; bill more slender than in pelagicus. 

 Eggs 2.29 X 1-49. Hab. Pacific coast, from Washing- 

 ton Territory to western Mexico (Mazatlan and Cape 

 St. Lucas)... 1236. P. pelagicus resplendens (Aur.). 



Baird's Cormorant. 



<?. Feathering on side of lower jaw forming a Blight or very obtuse 

 angle, the point of which does not advance farther forward 

 than beneath the middle of the eye (usually not nearly so 

 far). 



Adult : Feathers of forehead separated from the case of the 

 culmen by a strip of bare skin, connecting the naked lores ; 

 gular pouch blue, bordered behind by purplish red corru- 

 gations ; lores, orbits, and naked frontal skin bright orange 

 (in life) ; plumage very similar to that of P. pelagicus, but 

 neck decidedly more blue, the scapulars and wing-coverts 

 decidedly pui'plish. Young : Uniform brownish dusky, 

 with a faint purplish cast, the upper parts darker and 

 more glossy. Downy young : Covered with down of a 

 uniform sooty grayish brown color. Length 31.00-35.00, 

 wing 10.50-11.60, tail 6.30-8.00, culmen 2.05-2.30. Eggs 

 2.44 X 1-49. Hab. Prybilof, Aleutian, and Kuril Islands, 

 and coast of Kamtschatka, south, in winter, to northern 



Japan 124. P. urile (GMEL.). Red-faced Cormorant. 



c*. Culmen 3.75, or more ; tail-feathers 14. 



Nuptial plumage : Head rich, glossy, silky violet-purple, neck 

 glossy greenish blue, body rich dark green ; head and neck 

 ornamented with slender straw-yellow filamentous feathers, and 

 flanks with a large patch of white ; scapulars and wing-coverts 

 deep purplish ; quills and tail-feathers black, the latter with 



