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536 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. 
Length, thirty-three inches; wing, thirteen; tail, six and seventy-five one-hun- 
dredths inches. 
Hab. — Atlantic coast from Labrador to Carolina; fur countries; Pacific coast 
from Washington Territory to California. 
This species resorts in large numbers to the low islands off the coast of Labrador, 
which are their breeding stations: they construct their nests on the surface of the 
rocks, not on the shelves of precipices. : 
I once witnessed a large migrating flight of these birds to the South, along our 
seacoast. They passed in great flocks, which succeeded each other frequently during 
the entire day: each flock formed a widely extended front, the individuals being 
side by side. Their mode of flight was by alternate flapping of the wings, and their 
sailing for a short distance, the effect of which was peculiar and striking. — GEORGE 
W. LAWRENCE. 
I think that this species is more northern in its habits 
than the preceding, as it is seldom seen on the coast of New 
England except in the winter months, and then only in 
small numbers. Unlike the preceding, it does not breed 
south of the coast of Labrador; and, in nesting, does not 
frequent high precipices, but prefers low rocky islands. The 
nest is similar to that of the other: and the eggs, although . 
averaging smaller, are hardly recognizable from those of 
the Common Cormorant; an ordinary large one of the 
present being of similar form and size with the other. 
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