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VIOLET CORMORANT. 



(Phalacrocorax violaceus.) 



Ph. crista erecta, corpore toto nigro viohtceo-nitente. 

 Cormorant with an erect crest, the body entirely black, glossed 



with violet. 

 Pelecanus violaceus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 575. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 888. 

 Pelecanus leucogaster. Vie.il. ? — Young. ? 

 Violet Cormorant. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 584. B. Lath. Gen. 



Syn. 6. 600. 

 Violet Shag. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 425. 



But little is known of this bird, save the account 

 in the Arctic Zoology, where it is described as being 

 wholly black, glossed with violet ; and to inhabit 

 Kamtschatka and the islands adjoining. 



RED-FACED CORMORANT. 



(Phalacrocorax Urile.) 



Ph. viridi-nitens, gutture orhitisque albis, alis caudaque obscuris, 



pedibus nigris. 

 Glossy-green Cormorant with the throat and orbits white, the 



wings and tail obscure, the legs black. 

 Pelecanus Urile. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 575. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



888. 

 Red-faced Cormorant. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 584. E. 

 Red-faced Shag. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 601 . Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 



426. 



