. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. PHALACROCORACIDiE — THE CORMORANTS — PIIALACROCORAX. 105 bhininh' purple ; neck deep grcenish blue; the face and upper part of the neck ornamented with soiai! thinly-dispersed, lonj,', narrow, hair-like, Htraw-cohircd tVutlu'i-s ; Imdy above and iK'neuth deep glossy green ; Hcapulura and wings deep purjile, primaries and tail lilack, tiie latter witii white hlial'ts ; on each side of the abdomen, at the insertion of the leg, a large patch of white ; bill lilack- hair-color, lighter at the ti
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. PHALACROCORACIDiE — THE CORMORANTS — PIIALACROCORAX. 105 bhininh' purple ; neck deep grcenish blue; the face and upper part of the neck ornamented with soiai! thinly-dispersed, lonj,', narrow, hair-like, Htraw-cohircd tVutlu'i-s ; Imdy above and iK'neuth deep glossy green ; Hcapulura and wings deep purjile, primaries and tail lilack, tiie latter witii white hlial'ts ; on each side of the abdomen, at the insertion of the leg, a large patch of white ; bill lilack- hair-color, lighter at the tip ; naked part of the throat, corners of the mouth, and naked skin of liie orbits apparently rich orange. " Total length, inches j bill, ; tail, ; tarsi, "//((ft. Russian America. " Nearly allied to, if not identical with, but differs from, the Fdecanm urile of Latham in its nuK'li larger si/e, and in the ornamental ])lumes being dispersed over the face and sides of the neck, instead of on the front of the hitter only " (Uoulw;. This species still remains unknown in American c(dlections. It evidently belougH to the same group as P. urilc and I', pehtijicuii, but is very much larger even than the former, and otherwise PalLis's description, in some respects more precise than the preceding, is as follows : — " Size of the largest Goose. Form of the preceding [/'. jwhujicus], which also has pure white spots on the Hanks. Body entirely black. Thin white, rather long, and narrow feathers hanging about the neck, as in Ardea. Occiput with an enormous erectile tuft. Around the base of the bill a nake<l skin varied with vermilion, blue, and white, as in the Turkey. About the eyes a kind of' spectacles' of thick white skin, si.\ lines broad. Weight, twelve to fourteen pounds. Female sniallir, without the crest and spectacles. " This species Steller observed nowhere but in the island named after the unfortunate Bering
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