850 PH BRAND'T CORMORAN' 
which may happen to pass near it It is very shy and cautious, and is seldom 
killed even by the Indians, who are fond of its flesh” (Townsend ) 
Townsend was correct in calling attention to the wariness of this bird as 
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well as in describing its custom of posting in a commanding situation. It is a 
famuliat heure on the stringers ot salmon traps, 
the old abandoned wharves on the lower Sound. If the bird is not exactly of 
as well as on isolated piles or 
a mind to fl 
at the first alarm from the passing steamer, it stands with wings 
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lalf open, that, should necessity arise, no time may be lost in making good its 
escayx \gain a gro pot them w Il sit on a low-lying reet r even on a float 
ig Qo \ wings ilf exten led arving the clothes the sunshine 
| € WINGS as we ll is the feet are used under water, but we cannot guess why 
‘ ( t S t thar 0 ‘ wuatn«e species s] id he iverse¢ t wet 
| nage 
Brandt ( al small numbers frequent the waters of Washington 
» nd I A na ley roost on certain picturesque islets and promon 
