Socotran Cormorant - Phalacrocorax Nigrogularis

Socotran Cormorant - Phalacrocorax Nigrogularis, Scanned from plate VI of 'The natural history of Sokotra and Abdel-Kuri. Being the report upon the results of the conjoint expedition to these islands in 1898-9 by Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, of the British Museum, and Dr. H. O. Forbes, of the Liverpool Museums, together with information from other available sources, forming a monograph of the islands.' edited by Henry O. Forbes (Liverpool, 1903). Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri are part of an island group off the coast of Africa east of Cape Guardafui. Although geographically closer to Africa, they are adminstratively part of Yemen, Yemen, 1903. (Photo by Henry O. Forbes/Royal Geographical Society via Getty Images)