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and threes fly back and forth in Gaspe Bay. Dur- 

 ing the latter part of the month they were flying 

 south. I did not see any fly over the land. 

 14. Phalacrocorax aurilus auritus. Double-crested 

 Cormorant. 



A very abundant bird all along the coast. It 

 breeds to the number of about 2,000 on top of 

 Perce Rock and in large numbers on the great 



abundant species and grows luxuriantly. 



The feeding of the partly-grown and especially 

 of the fully-grown young Cormorant was always an 

 amusing spectacle. An adult alighting on the rock 

 is at once besieged by one or more young who wave 

 their wings frantically and raise their heads, beseech- 

 ing the parent for food. Often times the parent is 

 reluctant to acceed to the request and runs away, 



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GENERAL, VIEW OF GANNET LEDGES, BONAVENTURE ISLAND, 1914. 

 Photo by Geological Survey of Canada Courtesy of 

 Commission of Conservation, Canada. 



sea cliffs at Bon Ami and at the foot of Mt. 

 St. Albans. 



At Perce Rock there appeared to be seventeen 

 distinct clusters of nests where everything in- 

 cluding the nests was painted white with drop- 

 pings and the ground was devoid of vegeta- 

 tion. Where the Herring Gulls nest the sur- 

 face is largely covered with vegetation. Yar- 

 row, Achillea borealis, appears to be the most 



closely pursued by its offspring, dodging in and 

 out among the other Cormorants and Gulls. Finally 

 the parent gives in, opens its capacious maw into 

 which the young disappears as far as its head and I 

 neck are concerned. The parent gradually lowers 

 its head as the young pushes in, and finally bring it 

 nearly to the ground. The young, meanwhile, flaps 

 its wings violently, and the picture is of a large bird 

 trying hard to swallow another bird of the same 



