Cormorants 



122. Brandt Oorniorant (Phalacrocorax penicilla- 

 tus). L. 35; T, 6. Chin and sides of throat huffy 

 white or brownish. j^ds. Above bhie h\<iC\i, faintly 

 margined with black; below green black. Bm^dittg 

 plumage. With white, hairlike plumes from back and 

 neck; no white on flanks; throat pouch blue. Yng. 

 Above dark brown; throat and belly whitish; breast 

 and sides brown. 



Range.— Pacific coast from Cape Si. Lucas to Washington; resi- 

 dent. I 



I 23. Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pela^icus). 

 L. 28; W. 10; T. 6.2. Forehead feathsrsd; back 

 feathers not margined. Jds. Above glossy green and 

 purplish black; below bottle green. Breeding plumags. 

 with white plumes on neck and rump and white 

 patches on flanks; nape and forehead, crested. Yng. 

 Above greenish dusky: brown, less green below. 



Ran g«.— "Aleutian and l^urll Islands, ax\i Kamchatka, south to 

 Japin." (A.O, U.) 



1 23a. Violet -green Cormorant (P. p. rohusltts). 

 Similar to No. 123, but larger; bill stouter, W. lO.S, 



RdTige. — Dlait of Alaska, hrim N'irtiin Soand south to Washington. " 

 (A. O. U.) 



123b. Baird Cormorant (P.p.fesplmdsns). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 133, but Smaller; bill slenderer; W. 9.5. 

 hiutes. A croaking, guttural note. 



Rangi.— -Pacific coast from Washington south to Mazatlan, Mexi- 

 co. 



124. Red-faced Cormorant (PhalacTocorax urile). 

 L. 34. Forehead as well as lores bare. Ads, Above 

 green and purple; head and neck blue black; belly 

 green. Breeding plu-vage. With forehead and nape 

 Crests and wliite patclit? on flank; . Notes- "A low, 

 droning croak," (.Nelson.) 



Ranee.— "Pribfkf.Aleutlan, and Kuril Ul'^nda, and coast of Kam 

 chatka. South in winter to northern Japan." (A, O. UO 



