GANNETS ON THE COAST OF CANADA 299 



From the time of Cartier to Nuttall's " Manual of the 

 Ornithology of the United States and of Canada " (1832- 

 1834), there does not appear to be any mention of these 



J\M. Chapma,., Phot. 

 BIRD ROCK FROM S.W. 



Gannets on Bird Rocks, and Nuttall's information was 

 derived from Audubon.* The cruise of this great naturalist- 

 painter to the Bird Rocks in June, 1833, is an historic event 



* Nuttall, t. c, ii., p. 498. Professor Verrill has seen an earlier account, 

 but cannot recall where. 



