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Family PHALACROCORACID^. 

 Cormorants. 



Bill, hooked at tip, and less than twelve inches 

 long ; bare skin at base of bill and chin ; lores, bare ; 

 toes, four, all connected by webs ; tail feathers, stiff. 



Double-crested Cormorant. 



Mexican Cormorant. 



* GROUP 1. Wing, 11 to 15 inches long. 



Plumage, variable at different seasons; but wing, always over 11 



inches long. Phalacrocorax aiiritits, and races. 



Double-crested Cormorant and Florida Cormorant. 



See Nos. 32 and 32a. 



* GROUP 2. Wing, less than 10.50 inches long. 



Adult: With white line bordering the bare skin on throat ; imma- 

 ture: showing throat pale, but white line not clearly defined. 



Phalacrocorax vigua mexicanus. 

 Mexican Cormorant. 



See No. 33. 



* For directions for measurement, see page 21. 



