<)2 BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 



jit that distance was more pleasant than it might have l)een closer 

 1)V, for these birds, though aj)parently cleanly, carry with them a 

 most unsavory odor. 



This is another North Atlantic species which is found breeding on 

 the rocky ledges along the shores of both continents. It is gregari- 

 ous, living in thickly-settled communities, the sanitary condition of 

 which prevents their being popular with excursionists, so that the 

 birds when at home are seldom disturbed. 



On the rocky shore of Newfoundland it is especially abundant, 

 ^md was also found by Mr. Frazer in Labrador. It has been observed 

 singly or in pairs, at Ottawa, Hamilton, London and other points. 

 l)ut the species seldom leaves the sea coast. Those obsei'ved inland 

 are appai-ently stragglers which l)y chance or choice h-ise wandered 

 for a time awav from theii- usual liabitat. 



PHALACROCORAX DTLOPHUS (Sw. cV Wicu.). 

 ■V2. Double-crested Cormorant. (l-'O) 



Tail of twelve feathers, gular sac convex or nearly straight-edged behind ; 

 jjlossy greenish-black ; feathers of the back and wings, coppery-gray, black - 

 shafted, black-edged ; adult with curly black lateral crests, and in the breeding 

 season other filamentous white ones over the eyes and along the sides of the 

 neck ; white flank -patch, not observed in the specimens examined, but probably 

 occurring ; gular sac and lores, orange ; eyes, green. Length, .SO-SS inches : 

 wing, 12 or moi-e ; tail, (i or more; bill along gape, Si; tarsus, a little over '1. 

 VoHiiij: — Plain dark bi'own, ])aler oi' grayish (even white on the breast) below, 

 without head plumes. 



Hab. — Eastern coast of North America, bicediuj,' from tlic liay of KuihIn 

 northward; southward in tlie interior to the (Jreat [>akes and Wisconsin. 



Eggs, two oi- three, bluish-green. 



This, like the connnon species, occasionally \isits the inland lakes, 

 and is distinguisherl by its smallei- size and licher ])lumage. The 

 s])ecimen in ni}- collection T shot off Hucklebei-ry Point, when it rose 

 from a partially submerged stump that it had Ix't'ii using foi- a short 

 time as a fishing station. All the Cormoi-ants have the reputation of 

 being voracious feeders, anrl they certainly ha\'e a nimble way of 

 catching and swallowing their prey, but it is not likely that they con 

 sume more than other birds of similar size. 



Though this species breeds along the .sea coast on both sides of 

 the Atlantic, it has also been found brci-ding in colonies in tin- 



