TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS 
120a. Florida Cormorant. Phalacrocorax auritus floridanus. 
This sub-species is a common breeding bird in the swamps and islands of the 
Gulf coast and north to South Carolina and southern Illinois. The nests are 
placed in the mangroves in some of the most impenetrable swamps and are 
composed of twigs and lined with leaves or moss. They lay three or four chalky 
bluish white eggs. Size 2.30 x 1.40. Data. — Bird Is., Lake Kissimee, Florida, 
April 5, 1898. Three eggs. Nest made of weeds and grass, in a willow bush. 
120b. White-crested Cormorant. Phalacrocorax auritus cincinatus. 
Ranges — Northwestern coast of North 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. The nests are built in the same fashion as the other Cormorants, and 
the three to five eggs are similar. Size 2.45 x 1.40. 
120c. Farallon Cormorant. Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus. 
Range. — This sub-species breeds on the coasts and islands of California and 
southward. 
In company with other species of Cormorants, these birds breed in large 
numbers on the Farallones, 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 bushes. Their nests and eggs are similar 
to those of the other Cormorants. Size 2.40 x 1.50. Data. — Farallones, Cali- 
fornia. Nest of weeds and seaweed on the rocks. Collector, W. O. Emerson. 
121. Mexican Cormorant. Phalacrocorax vigua mexicanus. 
Range. — Breeds abundantly from southern Texas, south through Mexico; 
Greenish white 
north rarely to Kansas ; has recently 
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 white in color and chalky, as 
are all the Cormorants. Size 2.25 x 1.35. 
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