AVES. 27 



STEGANOPODES. 



PHALACROCORACIDAE. 



52. Phalacrocor.ix carbo (Linne) Leach. 



Cormorant; Common cormorant; Shag; Tamiton shag; Tairn- 

 ton turkey. 



Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, vol. 6, p. 412, pi. 415. Coues, 

 Key No. Amer. birds, ed. 5, 1903, vol. 2, p. 963. Egg, Capen, 

 1886, pi. 21, fig. 8. 



Pelecanus carbo Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 133. 

 "in Europa." 



Salt water mainly; nests in colonies on sea cliffs. 



Me. — Common migrant and uncommon v^inter resident. Oct.- 

 April 20. 



Vt. — Rare migrant : Rutland, 1867. 



Mass. — Uncommon migrant and rare winter resident coastwise. 

 April-May 14; Sept. 22-Nov. (winter). 



R. L — Uncommon migrant and winter resident. Sept. 15- 

 (June 3). 



Conn. — Uncommon migrant and winter resident. Fall-May. 



53. Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson) Grant. 



Double-crested cormorant; Shag; Taunton turkey, 



Carbo auritus Less., Traite d'ornith., 1831, vol. 1, p. 605. "Nou- 

 velle-Zelande . " [ !] 



Phalacrocorax dilophus Coues, Key No. Amer. birds, ed. 5, 1903, 

 vol. 2, p. 963, fig. 676; Audubon, Ornith. biogr., 1835, vol. 3, pi. 

 257. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 22, fig. 1. 



Coastal; nests in colonies on sea cliffs. 



Me. — Common migrant; rare winter and summer (Black Horse 

 Ledge) resident. Eggs, June 23- July 3. 



N. H. — Uncommon migrant coastwise; occasional inland. 

 Spring; Oct. 



