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fast, he clainbreth to the top of the Rock, where walking softly he takes them 

 up as he pleaseth, still wringing off their heads; when he hath slain aa 

 many as his Cunow can carry, he gives a shout which awakens the surviving 

 Cormorants, who are gone in an instant. 



Bewick (1884); says: 



At other times and places, while they sit in a dozing and stupified state, 

 from the effects of one of their customary surfeits, they may easily be taken 

 by throwing nets over them, or by putting a noose around their necks. 



Kiimlien (1879), reports that the primaries of this bird were 

 formerly in great demand by the Eskimos of Cumberland Sound for 

 their arrows. 



Winter. — The fall migration of the cormorant along the Atlantic 

 coast begins in October and the birds wanter in favorable localities 

 along the shore. One of these is Rockport on the end of Cape Ann. 

 Here three or four individuals, the pitiful remnant of a much 

 larger number, may generally be seen fishing about the Salvages — 

 rocky islands in the outer harbor — and alighting on spar buoys and 

 spindles. 



DISTRIBUTION. 



Breeding range. — Probably now extirpated as a breeding bird in 

 North America; a few may still breed in Greenland. Formerly bred 

 from central western Greenland (Godhaven, G9° north) and Baffin 

 Land (Cumberland Sound) south to Newfoundland, southern 

 Labrador (Whapitaguan) and the Bay of Fundy (Grand Manan). 

 In the eastern hemisphere this form breeds in Iceland, on the 

 Scandinavian and north Russian coasts, east to the Kola Peninsula, 

 and south to the Faroe Islands, Scotland, England, Ireland and 

 Wales. The birds of continental Europe and Asia are now regarded 

 as subspecifically distinct. 



Winter range. — From southern Greenland, throughout its breeding 

 range, and southward along the Atlantic coast, regularly to New 

 York (Long Island) and occasionally to INIaryland (Chesapeake 

 Bay) and South Carolina (two specimens taken). On the other side 

 of the Atlantic the winter range extends to the Canary Islands. 



/Spring migi'ation. — Has been noted in Rhode Island (Newport) 

 as late as May 15, and in Massachusetts (Amesbury) as late as 

 June 18. 



Fall viigration. — Arrives in Rhode Island (Seaconnet Point) as 

 early as September 15, and New York (Long Island) as early as 

 September 22. 



Casual records. — Accidental inland: Ontario (Toronto, Novem- 

 ber 21, 1896), and New York (Oneida Lake, November 15, 1877). 



Egg dates. — Labrador : Twelve records, June 1 to 30 ; six records, 

 June 16 to 20. British Isles : Seven records, April 22 to May 25 ; four 



