. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology, an outline of the structure and classification of birds, and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . nzy on back, and wings, the individual feathers there without definite darkedgings. Adults out of season lack the white plumes and flank-patches, but are usually if notalways crest
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology, an outline of the structure and classification of birds, and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . nzy on back, and wings, the individual feathers there without definite darkedgings. Adults out of season lack the white plumes and flank-patches, but are usually if notalways crested. Length ; extent ; wing ; tail ; ; gape ; tarsus Young: Rather smaller than old birds. Face less dark brown, darker and more glossy above than below. Nestlings are covered withdark gray down. North Pacific; Kamtschatka, S. in winter to the Kuriles and Japan;Alaska, resident, both on the coast and islands. It swarms on the Seal Islands of Bering Sea,nests on rocky cliffs, and has habits in all respects like those of most other species. Eggs 3-4, X This is the Red-feced Cormorant of Pennant, but Pelecanus urile Gm. is notexclusively pertinent, and the name had better be avoided. I therefore make no change fromformer editions of the Key. P. bicristatus Pall. Zoog. R. A. ii, 1811, p. 183; Coues, Key, PHALA CROCORA : CORMORANTS. 967. Pelagic Coimoraut. (L. A. Fuertes.) 2(l-4th eds. 1884-90, p. 728, No. 757. Graculus bicristntus Bu. Trans. Chicago Acad, i,1869, p. 321, pi. 33, Kadiak, original entry into our fauna; COUES, Key, orig. ed. 1872,p. 304. Phalacrocomx urile, B. B. & R. Water B. N. A. ii, 1884, p. 1(32; Ridgw. , p. 80 ; A. 0. U. Lists, 1886-95, No. 124. P. pelagicus. (Gr. nfXdyios, pelac/ios, Lat. pelagicus, of the sea, marine, pelagic. ) Pelagic Cormorant. Violet-green Cormorant. Very closely related to thepreceding; hut face not bare, the fi-ontal feathers reaching cnlmen; gu
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