. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology; Zoologia Geral. 76 CICONIIFORMES the remaining npper parts bronzy-black, the throat white, the bill and feet grey-black. In spring a slight crest adorns the occiput and white patches appear on the thighs. In common with its congeners this species lias naked lores, orbital and gular regions, which are here of a yellow colour, becoming redder below tli« eye ; the iris is emerald-green. The skin of the throat is dilatable and forms a pouch for food. It breeds on most of the British coasts, except between the Humber and the Thames, and occasionally inland
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology; Zoologia Geral. 76 CICONIIFORMES the remaining npper parts bronzy-black, the throat white, the bill and feet grey-black. In spring a slight crest adorns the occiput and white patches appear on the thighs. In common with its congeners this species lias naked lores, orbital and gular regions, which are here of a yellow colour, becoming redder below tli« eye ; the iris is emerald-green. The skin of the throat is dilatable and forms a pouch for food. It breeds on most of the British coasts, except between the Humber and the Thames, and occasionally inland : while it ranges to Greenland Fig. 22.—Cormorant. I'holacTocorax carho. y.\. and thence down the Atlantic to New Jersey in the west, and to North and even South Africa on the east, as well as through Europe and Asia. The Australian and New Zea- land P. novae hollandiae is doubtfully distinct. P. dilophus, of which several forms occur on the shores and in the interior of North America as far south as Mexico, is not unlike P. carho, but has a tuft of long narrow recurved plumes on each side of the crown in the nuptial dress, which are black, white, or particoloured according to the locality. The bare loral region and gular sac are orange, and no white is visible on the throat or flanks. The splendid P. pelagicus, on the contrary, has white flank-patches in addition to white filaments on the neck and rump, the head and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862-; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. [London, Macmillan and co. , limited; New York, The Macmillan company
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