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THE IIRAXDT CORMORANT. 



iu)n-l)rr(.'<ling resident and visitor at all seasons on I'nget Sonnd; more eoninion 

 npon tlu' ii|i|Hr Sonnd in winter. 



Authorities. — "'Audnlmn, I'.irds of America, \'ol. IW pi. 41J. Townsend, 

 Narrative (1839), 351. Kk. 1',. K. 



Specimens. — ( L". of W. 1 I 'rov. E. 



"THIS species inlialiits the Columhia i\i\er. and i.s not tmconinion. it is 

 .seldom seen near the sea. but is niusth' (jljserved high tip upon the river. It is, 

 like most s]5ecies of its genus, partially gregarious, and is fond of resting in 

 company. 'J'he old trees which are fastened in the bottom of the ri\-er, and 

 protrude above the surface, and the isolated rocks in the stream, are its fa\or- 

 ite places of resort. Here it sits, sometimes for h.ours together, indolently 

 gazing into the water, and onl\ leaving its perch to seize an unsuspecting fish, 



Taken on the 

 Crcnville Arch. 



I'hcto bj 

 the Author. 

 A roi'ULAK NliS'i l.\C. SITU. 



THE REyUlKKMENTS OF ALL THREE SPECIES OF THE CORMORANTS ARE EXACTLY MET BY THIS SITUATION. A NEST 

 OF BAIRDS CORMORANT APPEARS AT THE LOWER LEFT, A WIIITE-CBEST'S IN THE 



CENTER, A Brandt's to bioht. 



