TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS 



120a. Florida Cormorant. Phalacrocorax auritus floridanus. 



This sub-species is a common breeding bird in tlie swamps and islands of tlie 

 Gulf coast and nortli to South Carolina and southern Illinois. The nests are 

 placed in the mangroves in some of tlie most impenetrable swamps and are 

 composed of twigs and lined with leaves or moss. Tliey lay three or four chalKy 

 bluisli wliite eggs. Size 2.30 x 1,40. Data. — Bird Is., Lake Kissimee, Florida, 

 April 5, 1S9S. Three eggs. Nest made of weeds and grass, in a willow busli. 



120b. White-crested Cormorant. Phdlacrocorai- auritus ciiicinatus. 



Range. — Northwestern coast of Nortli America, breeding in Alaska, and south 

 to the northern boundary of the United States, breeding" both in the interior 

 and on the coast, in the former case generally on the ground or in low trees 

 on swampy islands and in the latter, on the rocky cliffs of the coasts and 

 islands. Tlie nests are built in the same fashion as tlie other Cormorants, and 

 the three to five eggs are similar. Size 2.45 x 1.40. 



120c. Farallon Corjiorant. J'halacrocorax auritus albuciliatus. 



Range, — This sub-species breeds on the coasts and islands of California and 

 southward. 



In company with otlier species of Cormorants, these birds breed in large 

 numbers on the Parallones, placing their nests well up on the higher ridges and 

 rocks. They breed most abundantly during May. When nesting on the inland 

 islands, they place their nests in low buslies. Their nests and eggs are similar 

 to those of the other Cormorants. Size 2.40 x 1.50. Data. — Farallones, Call 

 fornia. Nest of weeds and seaweed on the rocks. Collector, W. O. Emerson. 



121. 



jNIe.xican Cormorant. Phalacrocorax vi^ua mexicanus. 



Range.- 



-Breeds abundantly from southern Texas, south through Mexico: 



north rarely to Kansas; has recently 



-■r- , ~ ' -. been found breeding in limited num- 



ber on some of the Bahamas, In the 

 ' ' . .^ interior they nest in trees, chiefly 



those overhanging or growing in the 

 water. On the coasts they nest on the 

 rocky ledges, as do the other Cormor- 

 ants. They nest- in colonies building 

 their abode of twigs and weeds, and 

 during May laying three or four eggs, 

 greenish wliite in color and chalky, as 



Greenish white 



are all the Cormorants. Size 2.25 x 1.35. 



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