. The water birds of North America . grayish black, along the edges yellowish white ; lower yellowish white at the base, dusky towardthe end ; iris light bluish green, margins of eyelids dusky ; bare space about the eye dull olive,below it bright red, the gular sac yellow ; feet and claws grayish black1 (Audubon). Adult, inwinter: Similar to the above, but white flank-patch and filamentous feathers of the head No red in the bare skin of the head. Young, first plumage: Above, dull brownish gray, thefeathers bordered with dull black (much less sharply than in the adult) ; rump and upper
. The water birds of North America . grayish black, along the edges yellowish white ; lower yellowish white at the base, dusky towardthe end ; iris light bluish green, margins of eyelids dusky ; bare space about the eye dull olive,below it bright red, the gular sac yellow ; feet and claws grayish black1 (Audubon). Adult, inwinter: Similar to the above, but white flank-patch and filamentous feathers of the head No red in the bare skin of the head. Young, first plumage: Above, dull brownish gray, thefeathers bordered with dull black (much less sharply than in the adult) ; rump and upper tail- 1 Accordingto Audubon, the soft parts of an adult female obtained in July were colored as follows : The bill, eves, and feet are colored as in the male [see above], as are the bare parts about the base of thebill ; only the part under the eye, which is bright red in the male, is bright yellow in the female. — THE CORMORANTS— PHALAOROCORAX. 147 coverts black, slightly glossy; primaries and tail dusky, the shafts of the rectrices dull light ashy,paler basally. Head, neck, and jugulum dull grayish brown, the pileum and nape blackish dusky,the upper part of the throat brownish white ; remaining lower parts brownish dusky, mixed withwhite along the median line. Young, in winter: Similar to the above, but upper part of tlimat,jugulum, breast, and middle of the abdomen white, streaked, exc
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