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	An adult 
	
	Indian Cormorant in breeding 
	plumage, perching on a tree branch in 
	
		Ayutthaya. It is 
	overall black   
	 with a 
	bluish gloss, silvery scapulars, dark grey to black legs and webbed feet, 
	and a blackish bill. in addition it has small
	silvery patches over 
	the eye and -in full breading season- will develop a white tuft on the rear 
	head-side. 
	
								
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