=121. Mexican Cormorant= (_Phalacrocorax mexicanus_). L. 25. W. 10. _Ads._ Narrow border at base of pouch white. _Breeding plumage._ Neck with white plumes. _Yng._ Head and hindneck brownish; back grayish, margined with black; throat, foreneck and breast brownish white; belly black.
Range.--Breeds In West Indies and Central America to west Gulf States; north in summer rarely to Kansas and southern Illinois.
[Illustration: Hind Toe. Outer Toe. Foot of Cormorant.]
=122. Brandt Cormorant= (_Phalacrocorax penicillatus_). L. 35; T. 6. Chin and sides of throat _buffy white or brownish_. _Ads._ Above blue black, _faintly_ margined with black; below green black. _Breeding plumage._ With white, hair-like plumes from back and neck; no white on flanks; throat pouch blue. _Yng._ Above dark brown; throat and belly whitish; breast and sides brown.
Range.--Pacific coast from Cape St. Lucas to Washington; resident.
=123. Pelagic Cormorant= (_Phalacrocorax pelagicus_). L. 28; W. 10; T. 6.2. Forehead _feathered_; back feathers _not_ margined. _Ads._ Above glossy green and purplish black; below bottle green. _Breeding plumage._ With white plumes on neck and rump and white patches on flanks; nape and forehead, crested. _Yng._ Above greenish dusky brown, less green below.
Range.--"Aleutian and Kuril Islands, and Kamchatka, south to Japan." (A.O.U.)
=123a. Violet-green Cormorant= (_P. p. robustus_). Similar to No. 123, but larger; bill stouter, W. 10.8.
Range.--"Coast of Alaska, from Norton Sound south to Washington." (A.O.U.)
=123b. Baird Cormorant= (_P. p. resplendens_). Similar to No. 123, but smaller; bill slenderer; W. 9.5. _Notes._ A croaking, guttural note.
Range.--Pacific coast from Washington south to Mazatlan, Mexico.
=124. Red-faced Cormorant= (_Phalacrocorax urile_). L. 34. _Forehead_ as well as lores bare. _Ads._ Above green and purple; head and neck blue black; belly green. _Breeding plumage._ With forehead and nape crests and white patches on flanks. _Notes._ "A low, droning croak." (Nelson.)
Range.--"Pribilof, Aleutian, and Kuril Islands, and coast of Kamchatka. South in winter to northern Japan." (A.O.U.)
=118. Anhinga; Snakebird; Water Turkey= (_Anhinga anhinga_). L. 36. _Ad._ [Male]. Black; grayish head and neck plumes which, in winter, are absent. _Ad._ [Female]. Resembles male but whole head, neck, and breast brownish. _Yng._ Similar to [Female] but black parts duller. _Notes._ A rasping, clattering croak, uttered when fighting or in coming to the nest.