Cormorants 



119. Cormarani tPAalacroeoraxcarbo'^. L-. 3C1; T, 

 7.5iOf 14 f&iltierri. ^ds. Chin and ddes of throat 

 whitish; back glossy hi y.^'vni£-],, disSinstly margined 

 with black, below uniform sinning black, i Breeding 

 plumage. Head and throat with white plumes; a white 

 patch on flanks. YMg. Belljy white; above olive 

 grayish brown, margined with black; throat whitish; 

 neck brownish. 



Rangp.— Norih Atlartic; brteds from Nova Scotia to Greenland; 

 wlntBrs south tti CamltnHs. 



120. Double-crested Cormopant (Tbalaerocorax 

 dilapbus). L. 30; W. 12.5; T. 6.2, of 12 feathers. Jds. 

 Back brownish with distinct black margins; below 

 shining black. Breeding plumage. With tufts on 

 either side of head black, sometimes mixed with white; 

 throat pouch orange. Yng. Back browner; head, 

 neck, and lower belly brown; breast whitish. 



Rangie,— Eastern Nurth America; breeds [ocally from Bay of Fundy, 

 Minnesota, Norih Dakota, northward; west to Asslnibola; winters 

 from southern Illinois and Virginia 50uthwar4. 



I 20a. Florida Cormorant [P. d. Jloridamts). Simi- 

 lar to No, 120, but blacker and smaller. I.. 25. 



Range. — South Atlantic and Gulf States; breeds north to North 

 Carohna and southern Illinois. 



1 20b. White-crestsd Cormorant (P. d. ancinatus). 

 Similar to No. 120, but larger, L. 36; nuptial crests 

 white. 



Range,— Pacific coast,:i; breeds In Alaska; v/inters south tn Cal- 

 ifornia, 



I2O0. Farallone Cormorant (P. d. alhoeiliatus). 

 Similar to izob., but smaller, L. 28. 



Range.— Breeds on California coast and In interior, south to Socarrd 

 Island. (Ridgrw.) 



121. Mexican Copmorant {Pkalacrocorax mexican- 

 us), L. 25. W. TO, y^is. Narrow border at base of 

 pouch white. Breeding plumage. Neck with white 

 plumes. Yng, Head and hindneck brownish; back 

 grayish, margined with black; throat, foreneck and 

 breast brownish white; belly black. 



Range.— Breeds In West Indies and Central America to west Gulf 

 States; north in summer rarely to Kansas and southern Illinois. 



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