403 
of the United States , 
Pelecanus carlo , L . Carbo cormoranus , Temm. Le Cor- 
moran, Buff. pi. enl. 927. adult in full dress. Corvorant of 
IVilson’s list. 
Inhabits the north of both continents : rare and migratory 
in the United States. 
354. Phalacrocorax graculus, Dumont. Bill three and a half 
inches long ; tail very long, conic, of twelve feathers. 
Adult greenish-black ; a few scattered white streaks on the 
neck ; in winter bronzed, a golden-green crest ; head, neck 
and thighs, with short small white feathers. 
Young blackish, more or less mixed with whitish beneath. 
Pelecanus graculus, L. Carbo graculus, Temm. Fou 
brun de Cayenne, Buff. pi. enl. 974. young. Pelecanus parvus, 
Gm . Lath, young. 
Inhabits both continents and both hemispheres : not un- 
common in spring and autumn in the middle states : very com- 
mon in Florida, where it breeds ! though very abundant in 
the Arctic and Antarctic circles. 
355. Phalacrocorax cristatus, Dumont. Bill very slender, 
three and a half inches long ; tail very short, rounded, of 
twelve feathers. 
Adult bright golden-green, without white feathers : in win- 
ter a broad, long, golden tuft on the top of the head, and 
a slender crest behind. 
Young blackish, beneath more or less whitish. 
Crested Shag, Lath. Pelecanus cristatus, Gm. Carlo 
cristatus, Temm . pi. col. 322. adult in full dress. Carlo Ira - 
chyurus, Brehm. 
Inhabits the north of both continents : rather rare, and 
during winter only, in the United States. 
356. Phalacrocorax pygmjeus, Dumont. Bill one inch and & 
half long, shorter than the head ; tail long, cuneiform, of 
twelve feathers : scapulars long, subulate. 
Adult black, slightly glossed with green ; eyebrows dotted 
