CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 69 
BREEDING Notres.—On an island in Crane lake, Saskatchewan, 
June gth, 1894, I observed twenty-seven nests. The nests, built 
with sticks and weeds, were from six inches to a foot in height. 
Only nine of the nests contained eggs, and these had but one each. 
A few days later (June 2oth) all the nests had from one to four 
eggs in them, and two additional nests had been built. (Spreaa- 
borough.) Manitoba and Shoal lakes, Manitoba, and in Buffalo 
lake, Alberta. (Dzppre.) Breeds in all suitable but retired places 
about Prince Albert, Sask. (Coubeaux.) Big Stick lake, Sask. 
(Lishop.) On June 8th, 1894 I found this bird nesting on islands 
in Shoal lake, Manitoba. Nest of sticks and weeds containing 
from four to five eggs. (Razne.) 
1206. White-crested Cormorant. 
Phalacrocorax dilophus cincinatus (BRANDT) Ripew. 1880. 
This bird is a visitor at St. Michael, Alaska, by June toth. It 
does not occur in great numbers; only a few breed there. At 
Besborough island, some 40 miles north of St. Michael, this bird 
breeds in abundance on the walls of that inaccessible island. 
(Zurner.) 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, and is tolerably 
common. (Faxnin.) Common on both coasts of Vancouver island. 
(Spreadborough.) 
122. Brandt Cormorant. 
Phalacrocorax penicillatus (BRANDT) HEERM. 1854. 
Two specimens of this species were killed off Beacon Hill, Vic- 
toria, Vancouver island, April 1gth, 1897, by Mr. D. E. Campbell 
and presented to the museum. (/@mnin.) 
123. Pelagic Cormorant. 
Phalacrocorax pelagicus PALL. 1826. 
This cormorant was found abundantly on the Aleutian islands in 
May, 1877, and in the autumn of 1881. (WVelson.) In some locali- 
ties of the Aleutian islands this form is extremely numerous; it 
breeds on all the principal islands. Along these islands the bird 
is a constant resident, apparently more numerous in winter than 
insummer. (Zurner.) 
