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THE CONDOR 
I Vol. IV 
The Wingless Cormorant of the Galapagos. 
BY ROLLO H. BECK. 
A ccompanying this sketch is a 
half-tone of the wingless cor- 
morant iPhalacroco)-ax karri si), 
found only about Narborough Island, 
Galapagos Archipelago. The bird was 
brought aboard our schooner alive and 
kept three or four days in the tortoise 
penguins with similar habits are as com- 
mon on one island as the other. The 
cormorants seem to stay very close at 
home however, as we saw none over 
500 yards off shore and usually they 
were cbse in shore, often right in the 
breakers. 
PHOTO. BY E. ADAMS. 
THE WINGLESS CORMORANT ( PH ALAC ROCOH AX HARRISi) 
pen, where we secured two or three 
photographs of it, this one being the 
best. 
It is a common habit of these cormo- 
rants to extend their wings to dry when 
they climb upon the rocks to sun them- 
selves and digest their breakfasts. It 
seems strange that they should be 
found only about this one island since 
Albemarle is only about five miles dis- 
tant with a rough coast line, and the 
The second illustration is a more or 
less faithful representation of myself in 
collecting costume, examining a nest of 
Geospiza ftiliginosa riinor on Abingdon 
Island, April 15, 1901. We found a 
flour sack the most convenient and 
lightest receptacle for nests. If vve had 
but one or two, after vvraj)ping them 
they could be placed in our shooting 
coats, but when several nests are fount!, 
as the}' frequently are, within 100 yards 
