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KEY TO TIIK lilliDS OF EASTERN NOKTll AMERICA. 



FAMILY PHALACROCORACID^. 



Cormorants. 



^ Bill, hooked at tip, and less than twelve inches long; 



'"~-'/_ bare skin at base of bill and chin; lores, bare; toes, four, 

 "^ all connected by webs. 



/ 



Qroup 1. Wing, 11 to 15 inches long. 



'l':iil coiiiiMxril .(t I'oiirti'tMi reallici-: 



Phahirrocorn.r carho. Common Cormorant. Shag. 



* See No. 7!). 



'I':iil (■niiii)r)sc(l (if Iwi-lvi' IVatliers. 



Plinhirrororii.f ,]ih>j,Jn(s, tini) nirrs. [)ouble=crested Cormorant and Florida Cormorant. 



So.' Nos. SO :mil SI 



Tilt; Mi-xk-:iii ( i.niK.niiil, :i siii.-ill.T ~|.rci.--, (.r.-.iV],,ii;illy nccuis in llic :\Iississii)i)i Niillcy. 



* For lUrcctions for nicaBureincnt, see page 9. 



