BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
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FAM. GRACULIDAL 
CORMORANTS. 
GRACULUS DILOPHUS VAR. FLORTDANUS. (Sw.) ( Aud ) 
Florida Cormorant. 
Winter Plumage , Male. — Smaller than C. carlo, but bill about 
as large ; above, greenish black ; feathers of the back and coverts, 
gray, edged with dark brown ; head and neck, dark brown, shading 
into grayish on the throat, and dull white mottled with pale brown 
below ; rump, tail, and feet, black ; sac and lores, bright yellow. 
Length 29.50, wing 11.50, tail 6, tarsus 2, bill 2.05. 
An abundant species. On Jan. 18, 1879, while exploring Fresh 
Creek, Andros Island, a pair of young birds of this species were 
captured. They were but a few weeks old and not able to fly, so 
that after an exciting scramble through the bushes we caught them, 
and packed them away snugly in the bow of the boat. The nest 
was built in a clump of mangroves, about fifteen feet from the water, 
and was merely a mass of small sticks and grass, loosely thrown 
together. 
The young birds were at first very savage, and although they 
could not really injure any one, their little sharp bills cut the skin as 
