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Breeding Notes.— On an island in Crane lake, Saskatchewan, 

 June 9th, 1894, I observed twenty-seven nests. The nests, built 

 with sticks and weeds, were from six inches to a foot in height. 

 Only nine of the nests contained eggs, and these had but one each. 

 A few days later (June 20th) all the nests had from one to four 

 eggs in them, and two additional nests had been built. {Sptead- 

 borough.) Manitoba and Shoal lakes, Manitoba, and in Buffalo 

 lake. Alberta. [Dippie.) Breeds in all suitable but retired places 

 about Prince Albert, Sask. {Cotibeaux.) Big Stick lake, Sask. 

 {Bishop.) On June 8th, 1894 I found this bird nesting on islands 

 in Shoal lake, Manitoba. Nest of sticks and weeds containing 

 from four to five eggs. {Raine.) 



1206. White-crested Cormorant. 



Phalacrocorax dilophus cincinatus (Brandt) Ridgw. 1880. 



This bird is a visitor at St. Michael, Alaska, by June loth. It 

 does not occur in great numbers; only a few breed there. At 

 Besborough island, some 40 miles north of St. Michael, this bird 

 breeds in abundance on the walls of that inaccessible island. 

 (Turner^ From Race rocks to Alaska, including Howe sound 

 and Burrard inlet and both coasts of Vancouver island; it occa- 

 sionally enters the mouth of the Fraser river, and is tolerably 

 common. {Fannin.) Common on both coasts of Vancouver island. 

 ( Sprcadboroiigli . ) 



122. Brandt Cormorant. 



Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt) Heerm. 1854. 



Two specimens of this species were killed off Beacon Hill, Vic- 

 toria, Vancouver island, April 19th, 1897, by Mr. D. E. Campbell 

 and presented to the museum. {Fatmin.) 



123. Pelagic Cormorant. 



Phalacrocorax pdagicus Pall. 1826. 

 This cormorant was found abundantly on the Aleutian islands in 

 May, 1877, and in the autumn of 1881. {Nelson.) In some locali- 

 ties of the Aleutian islands this form is extremely numerous; it 

 breeds on all the principal islands. Along these islands the bird 

 is a constant resident, apparently more numerous in winter than 

 in summer. {Turfier.) 



