NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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119. CoRMORAHT. Pkf^lacrocorax carbo. (FrpiQ Brehm.) 



met with a colony of this Cormorant in company with the Doublercrested species 

 qn the coa?t of Labrador. Many of the nests contained large young June 19. Nests 

 Of the Doublercrested Cormorant were placed wherever the ledges would hold them, 

 ^hile those of the common species were built close to the top. The nests of the 

 Common Cormorant usually contained four or five eggs, and several sets were 

 taken of six. The eggs average largely than those of the Double-crested; the sizes 

 vajry from 2.38 to 2.65 long by 1.29 to 1.60 broad. Color, pale greenish; form, ellip- 

 tical. 



120. DOTrBIiE-CBESTEI> COBUOBAITr. Phalacrocoraa! dilophus (Sw. & 

 Blch.) Geog. Dist. — Atlantic coast of North America; southward in the interior to 

 the Great Lakes and Wisconsin. 



