BIRDS OF INDIANA. 583 



belly; neck with a few whitish feathers; rest of plumage black. Adult 

 Female in Winter. Similar, but lacking the whitish feathers on the 

 neck. Immature. Similar to the last, but lighter. 



Length, 32.25-36.00; wing, 14.00; tail, 11.00; bill, 3.25. 



RANGE. Tropical and subtropical America, north to North Caro- 

 lina and southern Illinois; casually to Indiana and northern Michigan. 

 Breeds in the southern part of its United States range. 



Nest, in bushes or trees, over water. Eggs, 3-5; bluish- or greenish- 

 white; 2.15 by 1.35. 



The Anhinga can only be counted as an accidental visitor in In- 

 diana. Mr. Robert Ridgway says : "It appears to be a regular summer 

 resident in the extreme southern portion of Illinois," referring partic- 

 ularly to the vicinity of Cairo. (Birds of Illinois, Vol. II, 209.) There 

 are but two records for this State. Mr. J. E. Beasley, of Lebanon, 

 Ind., for many years a resident of Indianapolis, informs me that he 

 killed a pair of Anhingas on the "Broad Cut" of the canal, just north 

 of the latter city, in 1858. Mr. Fletcher M. Noe, of Indianapolis, 

 says he received a male which was killed some two miles south of that 

 city, on White River. Prof. B. W. Evermann noted Mr. Noe's report 

 of this in the "American Naturalist," March, 1887, p. 291. Mr. Charles 

 Dury, of Avondale, Cincinati, 0., informs me that he has in his collec- 

 tion an Anhinga brought from Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., by Mr. Roach, 

 who obtained it from the man who shot it. This is indeed very much 

 out of its range. 



VII. FAMILY PHALACROCORACIDJE CORMORANTS. 

 Character same as family. PHALACROCORAX. 10 



10. GENUS PHALACROCORAX BRISSON. 



a 1 . Tail feathers 12; breeding plumage with supercilliary crests black. 



b\ Length 30.00 or more. P. dilophus (Sw. & Kich.). 21 



/>-. Length less than 30.00. P. dilophus floridanus And. 22 



Subgenus PHALACR~>COKAX. 



21. (120.) Phalacrocorax dilophus (Sw. & RICH.). 



Double-crested Cormorant. 



Adult. "Tail of twelve feathers; gular sac convex or nearly straight 

 edged behind. Glossy greenish-black; feathers of the back and wings 

 coppery-gray, black shafted, black edged;" curly black crests on side of 

 head. "In the breeding season other filamentous white ones over 

 the eyes and along the sides of the neck. Gular sac and lores orange." 



