10 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



by a resident of the place that this bird is a regular 

 visitant there in the autumn. A young bird in the 

 dusky plumage was shot the latter end of October, 

 1891, at Lake St. Peter, by Mr. F. X. Dubuc, and 

 was stuffed for him by Mr. Craig. 



Family Phalacrocoracidce. Cormorants. 



Genus Phalacrocorax. Brisson. 



Subgenus " Phalacrocorax." 



21. Cormorant. P. carbo. (Linn.) 



" Transient Visitant,'' scarce. Mr. Kuetzing has 

 seen cormorants in the spring of the year near 

 Jones' island, in Lake of Two Mountains, and Mr. 

 Jules F. D. Bailly, taxidermist here, has stuffed 

 cormorants which were shot at Lake St. Peter, one 

 of which was shot in the summer (July ?) of 1891, 

 and this specimen, which I have examined, evi- 

 dently is a young bird in the light-coloured plumage, 

 with fourteen tail feathers, showing it to be the 

 young of this species, as "P. dilophus" has only 

 twelve tail feathers." 



22. Double-crested Cormorant. P. dilophus. (Sw. 



and Kich.) 



" Transient Visitant," scarce. A young bird of 

 this species was shot October 30, 1892, near Jones' 

 island, in Lake of Two Mountains, by a hunter 



