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CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 67 
(Turner.) From Race Rocks to Alaska, including Howe Sound 
and Burrard Inlet and both coasts of Vancouver Island ; it occa- 
sionally enters the mouth of the Fraser River, andis tolerably com- 
mon. (fannin.) Common on both coasts of Vancouver Island. 
(Spreadborough.) 
122. Brandt’s Comorant. 
Phatacrocorax pencillatus (BRANDT) HEERM. 1854. 
Two specimens of this species were killed off Beacon Hill, 
Victoria, Vancouver Island, April 19th, 1897, by Mr. D. E. Camp- 
bell and presented to the museum. (/annin.) 
123, Pelagic Cormorant. 
Phatlacrocorax pelagicus PALL. 1826. 
This comorant was found abundantly on the Aleutian Islands 
in May, 1877, and in the autumn of 1881. (JVelson.) In some 
localities of the Aleutian Islands this form is extremely numerous ; 
it breeds on all the principal islands. Along these islands the 
bird is aconstant resident, apparently more numerous in winter 
than in summer. (7urner.) 
BREEDING Notes.—The nest is usually placed on a ledge of 
some bold-faced rock ; in some instances about forty feet above 
the sea. It is large, built of sea-weed, a few grass stalks, and an 
abundance of its own excrement. The eggs number three or four, 
blue of pale shade to white in colour. ( Zzrner.) 
1232. Violet-green Cormorant. 
Phatacrocorax pelagicus robustus RIDGW. 1884. 
This is the most abundant cormorant in Alaska. It occurs 
everywhere on the coast from Norton Sound to Sitka, and breeds 
on almost every rocky promontory. (JVe/son.) This species is 
very common near the entrance to St. Michael. (Zurner.) An 
abundant resident on the coast of British Columbia, taken as far 
north as Port Simpson; it breeds on the islands close to Sidney 
Island, about fifteen miles from Victoria. (/annin.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 
A fine specimen of this species, taken near Port Simpson, on 
the Pacific coast of British Columbia. 
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