. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. 340 phalacrocoracidjE : cormorants. DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. Phalacrocorax dilophus (Sw.) Nutt. Chars. Tail of twelve feathers. Gular sac convex behind. Plumage glossy greenish- black ; feathers of the back and wings coppery-gray, black-shafted, black-edged; adult with curly black lat- eral crests, and in the breeding season other fil- amentous white ones, over the eyes and along the sides of the neck; white flank-patch not observed in the specimens examined, but
. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. 340 phalacrocoracidjE : cormorants. DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. Phalacrocorax dilophus (Sw.) Nutt. Chars. Tail of twelve feathers. Gular sac convex behind. Plumage glossy greenish- black ; feathers of the back and wings coppery-gray, black-shafted, black-edged; adult with curly black lat- eral crests, and in the breeding season other fil- amentous white ones, over the eyes and along the sides of the neck; white flank-patch not observed in the specimens examined, but probably occurring; gular sac and lores orange. Length, inches; wing, or more ; tail, or more ; bill along gape, ; tarsus a little over Young plain dark brown, paler or gray- ish (even white on the breast) below, without head- plumes. This is the Cormorant most widely dififused in North America, and one which occurs in New England under circum- stances similar to those under which the preceding species is Fig. 74, — Double-crested CoRMORAm*. Natural 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 Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
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