850 



TIIK r.R.WIVr CORMOR.W'l" 



wliicli iiia\- liappt'ii in pas^ near it. It is \ci"y sliy ami cautidus, aiK.l is seldijiii 

 killed ex'i-ii li\ tlie Imliaiis. who arc fimil of its tlcsh" ( Ti i\viisl-ih1 i"*. 



Towiiseiul was correct in calling attciilinii In the wariness of this bird as 

 well as in describing its custom of posting in a coinnianding situation. It is a 

 familiar figure nn the stringers nf salmnu-traps. as well as nn isnlated ])iles or 

 the old abandoned wharves on the lower Sound. If the bird is not exactly of 

 a mind to fly at the first alarm from the passing steamer, it stands with wings 



Taken on the GrcnzilU 



Arch. I'iiutj by tU- Author. 



NEST .\ND EGGS OF THE BK.\.\DT COKMOK.\NT. 



half Open, that, should necessity arise, no time may be lost in making good its 

 escape. Again a group of them will sit on a Inw-lying reef, or even on a float- 

 ing log. with wings half extended, "drying their clnthes" in the sunshine. 

 The wings as well as the feet are used under water, but we cannot guess why 

 the Cormorants more than other aquatic species should be averse to wet 

 plumage. 



Brandt Cormorants in small numbers frequent the waters of Washington 

 Sound it: summer, and they roost on certain picturesque islets and promon- 



a. Narrative (1839). p 351. 



