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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
with a large patch of pure white. Young: Uniform 
brownish dusky, lighter and inclining to brownish gray on 
head, the upper parts darker and more glossy, with a faint 
greenish reflection. Westling: Covered with down of a 
uniform dark sooty gray color. Length 25.00-29.00. 
é. Wing 9.50-10.60 (10.10), tail 6.00-6.75 (6.30), culmen 
1.70-2.00 (1.85). Hab. Coast of Kamtschatka, and 
Aleutian Islands; south, in winter, to Kurils and 
northern Japan. 
123. P. pelagicus Paty. Pelagic Cormorant. 
é. Wing 10.00-11.40 (10.80), tail 6.25-8.50 (7.00), culmen 
1.70-2.10 (1.95); bill much stouter than in pelagicus. 
Eggs 2.34 X 1.48. Hab. Coast of Alaska, from Norton 
Sound south to Washington Territory......... 123a. P. 
pelagicus robustus Rivew. Violet-green Cormorant. 
é&. Wing 9.30-10.50 (9.79), tail 5.80-7.00 (6.30), culmen 
1,65-2.00 (1.81); bill more slender than in pelagicus. 
Eggs 2.29149. Hab. Pacific coast, from Washing- 
ton Territory to western Mexico (Mazatlan and Cape 
St. Lucas)...1235. P. pelagicus resplendens (Avp.). 
Baird’s Cormorant. 
@. Feathering on side of lower jaw forming a slight or very obtuse 
angle, the point of which does not advance farther forward 
than beneath the middle of the eye (usually not nearly 80 
far). 
Adult: Feathers of forehead separated from the oase of the 
culmen by a strip of bare skin, connecting the naked lores ; 
gular pouch blue, bordered behind by purplish red corru- 
gations; lores, orbits, and naked frontal skin bright orange 
(in life); plumage very similar to that of P. pelagicus, but 
neck decidedly more blue, the scapulars and wing-coverts 
decidedly purplish. Young: Uniform brownish dusky, 
with a faint purplish cast, the upper parts darker and 
more glossy. Downy young: Covered with down of a 
uniform sooty grayish brown color. Length 31.00-35.00, 
wing 10.50-11.60, tail 6.30-8.00, culmen 2.05-2.30. Eygs 
2.44149. Hab. Prybilof, Aleutian, and Kuril Islands, 
and coast of Kamtschatka, south, in winter, to northern 
Japan......... 124. P. urile (Gmxt.). Red-faced Cormorant. 
c. Culmen 3.75, or more; tail-feathers 14. 
Nuptial plumage: Head rich, glossy, silky violet-purple, neck 
glossy greenish blue, body rich dark green; head and neck 
ornamented with slender straw-yellow filamentous feathers, and 
flanks with a large patch of white; scapulars and wing-coverts 
deep purplish; quills and tail-feathers black, the latter with 
