CATALOGUE OF VERTEBRATES. 621 



Chesapeake especially. Never seen inland, unless it be a stray 

 specimen ' flying over.' " 



O. buccinator, Rich. Trumpeter Swan. 



Bill without yellow spot, longer than in above, and with 

 nostrils nearer base. Length, 60 inches or more. Is rare on 

 the Atlantic coast, and may scarcely be considered as belonging 

 to a catalogue of the birds of New Jersey. It is mentioned here 

 (as are other rare forms), as it might possibly be seen. 



ORDER STEGANOPODES. 



Family SULID.S:. 



Gannets. 



SULA, Briss. 

 S. bassana, L. Gannet. 



Hind toe connected by web with other toes, which are of un- 

 equal length ; the lower jaw is feathered ; legs, &c., black ; color 

 of plumage white, buffy on head ; quills brown. Length, 30 to 

 40 inches. 



"Are rare off the coast of New Jersey. Fly in quite large 

 flocks, and frequent rocky sea-boards, resting upon the rocks 

 when not fishing. Never seen in the bays." 



Family PHALACROCORACIDJE. 



Cormorants. 



PHALAOROOORAX, Briss. 

 (Graculus Abbott's Catalogue.) 



P. carbo, L. Common Cormorant. 



Bill strongly hooked ; wings short (13 inches); tail large and 

 stiff (7 inches), of fourteen feathers ; legs set far back ; plu- 



