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Identifier: popularhandbooko1905nutt (find matches)
Title: A popular handbook of the birds of the United States and Canada
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859 Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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h; legsand feet black. During the mating season the male wears crests oflong, thin plumes on the sides of the crown, extending from above theeyes to the nape. In eastern or sea-coast birds these plumes are black,but birds taken in the interior have white mingled with the black, andin Pacific-coast specimens the plumes are entirely white. Length about32 inches. Nest, In a crevice of a sea-washed cliff, or on the beach of a lake oron a tree by a river bank ; made of twigs and grass, — sometimes entirelyof marine herbage. Eggs. 2-5; chalky white and rough on the surface, with inner shell ofblue or green tint; average size 2.40 X 1.40. The range of this species extends from the Gulf States to Lab-rador and the Saskatchewan valley, and its breeding area fromabout latitude 45° northward. It winters north to the Bay of Fundy(sparingly). The Double-crested Cormorant is the common Shag of our salt-water fishermen, and is numerous in Manitoba also, though ratherrare on the Great Lakes. Pl.XX
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1. Double-Crested Cormorant. 4<. Puffin . 3. BriinnicKs Murre.2.Loon. S.Kin^ Eider. MAN-OF-WAR BIRD. 373 In habits this species does not differ from others of the group.It feeds principally on fish, which it obtains by diving from thesurface of the water. It is an expert diver, and strong, fast swim-mer, and can remain under water for a very long period, coming tothe surface out of gunshot of a pursuer. Note. — The Florida Cormorant (P. dilophus floridamts)is a smaller variety of the Double-crested species, differing from thetype in size only. Length about 25 inches. It is restricted chieflyto the Gulf States, though occurring occasionally on the Atlanticshores of the more southern States, and along the Mississippi val-ley to southern Illinois. Another species, the Mexican Cormorant (Z. mextcanus),occurs occasionally on the shores of the Gulf States, and hasbeen taken in southern Illinois. MAN-OF-WAR BIRD. FRIGATE BIRD. FRIGATE PELICAN. Fregata AQUILA. Char. Prevailing color blac

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