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TOWNSEND’S CORMOKANT. 
Phalacrocorax Townsendi, Aud. 
PLATE CCCCXVIII. — Male. 
Two specimens of the Cormorant here represented were sent to me by 
Mr. Townsend, who procured them at Cape Disappointment in the begin 
ning of October, 1836. They are both marked as males, and agree nearly 
in colour, but differ somewhat in the length of the bill, and in the extent of 
the bare space at its base. One of them seems to be in its first plumage, 
the other in that of the adult. Nothing, I believe, is known of the distri- 
bution or habits of this species, which I have honoured with the name of 
its discoverer. 
Phalacrocorax Townsendi, Townsend's Cormorant, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 149. 
Male, 35 ; wing, 12J ; tail . 
Cape Disappointment, Columbia river. Common. 
Male. 
Bill about the length of the head, rather slender, nearly straight, com- 
pressed toward the end. Upper mandible with the dorsal line considerably 
concave, until on the unguis, where it is decurved, the ridge convex, flattened 
toward the end, separated from the sides by a narrow groove, the sides 
convex, the edges sharp and nearly straight as far as the unguis, which is 
decurved, convex above, acute, its tip extending nearly a quarter of an inch 
beyond the level of the dorsal outline of the lower mandible. No external 
nostrils. Lower mandible with the angle long and very narrow towards the 
end, filled up by an extensible membrane, which extends to the level of the 
angle of the mouth, the outline of the crura very slightly convex, that of the 
terminal part descending and slightly convex, the sides convex, the edges 
sharp and inflected, the tip compressed, with its marginal outline decurved. 
Head rather small, oblong. Neck long, and rather thick. Body full, 
elongated, and depressed. Feet short, stout, placed far behind ; tibia feather- 
ed in its whole length ; tarsus very short, strong, much compressed, covered 
all round with angular scales, of which the anterior are larger, a series on 
part of the inner side anteriorly, and another on the lower part of the outer, 
