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TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS — STEGANOPODES. 



Phalacrocorax pelagicns. 



a. Pelagicns. THE ALEUTIAN YIOLET-OBEEN COBMOBAHT. 



Ph'ihierororajt ixUigkHs, V\u,. /ooj;. Uosso-As. II. 1826, 303, j)!. 7<). 



tlrofulux Bairdii, DwA., Aviruiiiia Alcutiun Islands from UiuiluHhka westward, 1874, p. 6 (not ol 



COOFEII). 



h. RobuBtua. THE ALASKAN VIOLET-OREEN COBKOBANT. 



Graciifui riohiceux ([lart), LAwn. in Haird's B. N. Am. 1858, 881. — lUiiin, Cat. N. Am. B. 1850, 



no. (i27. — CiPi-Ks, Key, 1872, 305 ; Chock List, 1873, no. 535. 

 Phnlaeroenmx violaccus, UiDnw. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 646. — CouE.s, 2d Check LLst, 1882, no. 758. 

 Phaluerocorojc jKlaglcus robusUts, Kii)0\v, MS. 



c. Resplendens. THE VIOLET-OREEN COBMOBANT; BAIBD'B COBMOBANT. 



PhataenKorajr rcsplmikns, Af 1). Oru. lUog. V. 1839, 148 ; Sjnop. 1839, 304 ; B. Am. VI. 1843, 430, 



pi. 419. 

 PhaUtcroeomj- violacfun resplendens, RiDow. Xom. N. Am. B. 1881, no 646 rt. — C'oUE.s, 2d Check 



List, 1882, no. 759. 

 Oraenlun Dnirdii, "(lurnEii, MSS." CooPEit, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. Jan. 1865, 5 (Farallon 



Islands, coast of California). 

 GrnfuU's viulaccus, var. Bairdii, H r.xsn.vw, Orn. Wlicclcr's Exp. 1876, 276 (Santa Cniz I., Cal. ; June). 

 Jrhitf-jtalch Cormorant, Cooi'KU, 1. c. 



IIab. Pacific coast of North Aiuericn, from Alaska to California. True pelariicvs restricted to 



the Aleutian Island.s Kanit.^clmtka, Kuriles, and (in winter) Jajjan ; rnbitstus to the const of Alaska, 



from Norton Sound to Sitkii ; and rcsjilendens to Wa-shiiigton Territory, and southwanl us fur as 



Capp St. Lucas and Mazutlan. 



Sp. Char. Tail-feather's twelve. Forehead feathered down to the l)u.se of the culnieii. Adult: 



Ileail iind neck rich silky nietallic violet, the pilcuni und lower part of the neck nioi-e lilue ; hack, 



ruuip, and entire lower parts rich silky iiietnllic bottle-green ; .scupulars und winj,'-coverts similar, 



but tin),'ed with purplish-bron/.e ; 

 primaries and tail dull iduck. In tin- 

 breeding-season, the neck, lower back, 

 nnd runij) udorned with narrow wliilc 

 filamentous feathei-s, and the flanks 

 covered with a large patch of piiri' 

 white ; pileum with two erectile flat- 

 tened tufts of broad, rather loose- 

 webbed feathers — one tuft on the 

 forehead, the other on the occiput. 

 Hill dusky ; gular sac and naked 

 f ^' — — ; — lores reddish brown or coral-red ; iris 



\j --- — -'^ light green ; legs and feet deep black. 



In vfinter, the white filamentous 

 ie.ilhers of the neck and rumi), anil 

 till' white flank-patches entirely ab- 

 sent ; the tufts of the head absent, 

 or but slightly developed. Youvii : 

 Unifonn brownish dusky, lighter 

 (nearly brownish gray) on the head. 

 the upi)er parts darker nnd glossy, 



with a faint bottle-green reflection, the scnpulai-s with indistinct dull black Iwnlers. Iris brown. 



DtHrny young: Uniform dark sooty brown. 



ti. Ptlngifiu: Total length, about 2(i.5()-20.r)0 inches; wing, 9..5O-10.60 (nvemge, 10.10); 



Uil 6.0O-fi.7r> («..3<») ; culnien, 1.70-2.00 (1.86) ; tarsus, 1.90-2.15 (2.02) ; outer toe, 2.80-3.30 



(3.0{)). [Eight si>eciniens.] 



P. pdagieiis resplendens, <f itd., in winter. 



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