Birds ot Indiana. 583 



belly; neck witli a few whitish -feathers; rest af plumage black. Adult 

 Female in Winter. — Similar, but lacking the whitish festthers on the 

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



Length, d2.m-3GM; wiHg, 14;00; tail, 11.00; :bill, 3.-^. 



Eange.- — Tropical and subtropical America, north to iNorth Care 

 Una a,nd southern Illinois; casually to Indiana and northern Michigan. 

 Breeds in ihe s&u-thern part of its United States range. 



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

 white; 3.15 by 1.35. 



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

 diana. Mr. Kobert Eidgway 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 foT this State. Mr. J. E. Beasley, of Lebanon, 

 Ind., for ma:ny years a resident of Indianapolis, infornis 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 Eiver. Prof. B. W. Bvermann noted Mr. Noe's report 

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

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

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

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

 out of its range. 



Vir. FAiMfLY PHALACROCORACIt).^. Coemoeants. 

 Character same as family. Phalacrocorax. 10 



10. GUNus PHALACROCORAX SuisaoN. 



a'. Tail featliers 12; breeding plumage with siipercilliary crests black. 



fei. Length 30.00 or more. !&. dilop|^us (Sw. & Rich.). 21 



h^. Length le*S8 than 30.00. P. &ilaph.vLS floridanus Aud. 22 



Subgenus Phalacrtookax. 



■21. (120.) Phalacrocorax dilophus (Sw. & Rich.). 



Double-crested Cormorant. 



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

 edged behind. Glossy grfeenish-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." 



