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418. Phalacrocorax Floridanus, Aud. — Florida Cormorant. 
In summer, with elongated plumage behind each eye; bare space on 
head and gular sac, rich orange ; plumage, greenish black, glossed with 
green ; tail, brownish black. Male, 204, 464. Habitat, Florida. Nests in 
mangrove trees. Eggs, four, 2} inches by 1%, of a light bluish green 
color, concealed by a coating of calcareous matter. 
Phalacrocorax Floridanus, wil. iii, 387 } V. 6325 Syn. p. 303; plate 251. 
419. Phalacrocorax Townsendi, ud. —'Townsend’s Cormorant. 
Plumage of neck and sides interspersed with linear white feathers ; 
gular sac and bare skin on forehead, bright orange; upper part of head 
and hind neck, dusky, tinged with green; hind part of back, greenish 
black ; rest of upper parts, brownish gray ; feathers, edged with black ; 
outer primaries and tail-feathers, black; ‘sides of head, fore part of neck 
and breast, light yellowish brown ; middle of neck, darker; sides, abdo- 
men, and tibial feathers, shaded into brownish black, tinged with green. 
Male, 35. Habitat, Columbia River. 
Phalacrocorax Townsendi, Aud. v. 149; plate 412; Syn. p. 304. 
420. Phalacrocorax resplendens, Jud. — Violet-green Cormorant. 
Gular sac and bare skin on head, bright orange ; plumage, deep green, 
changing, according to the light, into black and purple; white piliform 
feathers, lerminated by filaments along the sides of neck and body ; quills 
and tail-feathers, brownish black and less glossy. Female, 27. Habitat, 
Columbia River. ‘ 
Phalacrocorax resplendens, ud. v. 148; plate 429 ; Syn. p. 304. > 
GENUS II.—PLOTUS, Linn.— ANHINGA. 
421. Plotus Anhinga, Linn. — American Anhinga, Wilson, pp. 644 
and 647. 
Nests in bushes and trees. Eggs, four, 23 inches by 14, of a, uniform 
whitish color. 
Plotus Anhinga, Bonap. Syn. p. 411. Nutt. ii. 507. Aud. iv. 136; plate 316; Syn. 
p. 306. 
GENUS III].—TACHYPETES, Vieill.— FRIGATE PELICAN. 
422. Tachypetes Aquilus, Linn. — Frigate Bird. 
Bill, purplish blue, white in the middle; gular sac, orange ; bare skin 
round eye, blue; feet, carmine above, orange beneath ; plumage, brown- 
ish black; head, neck, back, breast, and sides, with green and purple 
reflections ; wings, tinged with green. Adult, 41, 86. Habitat, through- 
out the Gulf of Mexico. Nests in trees. Eggs, three, 2; inches by 2, 
greenish white. 
GENUS IV.—PELECANUS, Linn. — PELICAN. 
423. Pelecanus Americanus. — American White Pelican. 
Plumage, white ; elongated feathers-on breast, pale yellow; alula, pri- 
mary, and outer secondaries, black, with white shafls; inner ten secon- 
daries white. Male, 613, 103; bill, 13%. Habitat, from Texas to South 
Carolina. 
Pelecanus Americanus, Aud. iv. 88; plate 311; Syn. p. 309. 
