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CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 65 
Famity X. SULIDA. GaAnnets. 
XXXIX. SULA Brisson. 1760. 
117. Gannet. Solan Goose. 
Sula bassana (LINN.) Bote. 1822. 
Accidental and rare in Greenland. (Arct. Man.) From Green- 
land south to New Brunswick and throughout the Gulf of St. 
Lawrence this species is common, breeding abundantly on the 
southern coast of Labrador and on the Nova Scotia coast and on 
Bird Rocks in the Gulf. Accidental in Ontario. MclIlwraith 
mentions the occurrence of two individuals. 
BREEDING Notes.—Breeds at Bird Rocks, Gulf of St. Law- 
rence. (Raime.) I saw numbers of these birds on the rocky 
ledges of Bonaventure Island off the Gaspé coast in June, 1897. 
They had apparently just commenced to lay. Great numbers are 
also to be met with around the Magdalen Islands, their principal 
breeding resort there, as is well known, being the Great Bird 
Rocks, where still a considerable number hatch their young 
every year. I was unsuccessful in reaching their breeding-ground 
on June 25th, owing to a dense fog, and had much difficulty in 
finding the land after a hard day’s work. (Rev. C.J. Young.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
One specimen taken in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, bought with 
the Holman collection ; also one egg taken on Bird Rocks, Gulf 
of St. Lawrence, July, 1886. Received from Mr. Raine. 
Famity XI. PHALACROCORACIDA®, Cormorants. 
XL. PHALACROCORAX Brisson. 1760. 
119. Single-crested Cormorant. 
Phatacrocorax carbo (LINN.) LEACH. 1816. 
Said by Holbeell to breed from the Godthaab Fjord northward; 
observed also on the east coast of Greenland. (Arct. Man.) 
Plentiful and breeding along the whole coast of Labrador and 
Newfoundland. It also breeds on the coast of Nova Scotia, 
(Downs) and on islands in Mace’s Bay, New Brunswick. (Cham- 
berlain.) Common in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Dionne) and 
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