Aui, XIII, Jan. , 1896, p. 7 $ 
An Early Description of Phalacrocorax dilophus. — The unpublished 
journal of David Thompson, of the old North West Company, Book No. 25, 
bound in Vol. XI, folio 46, date Thursday, May 9, 181 1, when the celebrated 
traveller and surveyor was on certain headwaters of the Columbia River, 
has the following: “1 Cormorant. They are plenty. This had fine 
green eyes, the ball black, the eyelids marked with blue like very small 
beads to a button hole, and the neck and head a fine glossy bright black 
with, a bunch of side feathers on each side the back of the head.” — 
Elliott Coues, Washing-ton , D. C. 
