BIRDS OF 



FAMILY SULID^. GANNETS. 



GENUS SULA BRISSON. 



SUBGENUS DYSPORUS ILLIGER. 



27. SULA BASSANA (LINN.). 117. 



Gannet. 



Adult male : White, the head and hind neck, tinged with yellowish 

 brown, primaries black. Young dark-brown spotted with white, lower parts 

 grayish white, Length, 30 inches. 



HAB. Coasts of the North Atlantic, south in winter to the Gulf of Mexico 

 and Africa : breeds from Maine and the British Islands northward. 



Breeds in communities on rocks near the sea. One egg, pale greenish 

 blue. 



Although a bird of powerful flight, the Solan Goose seldom 

 wanders far from the sea. The only record we have of its oc- 

 currence in Southern Ontario is that of. a single individual 

 which was found in Hamilton Bay, in a state of extreme exhaus- 

 tion, after a severe "north-easter." 



It has many favorite breeding places along the coast from 

 Maine northward, one of the most extensive of which is " Gannet 

 Rock " in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where the birds sit on the 

 ledges in such numbers as to give the rock, when viewed from a 

 distance the appearance of being covered with snow. 



FAMILY PHALACROCORACID^E. CORMORANTS. 

 GENUS PHALACROCORAX BRISSON. 



SUBGENUS PHALACROCORAX. 

 28. PHALACROCORAX CARBO (LINN.). 119. 



Cormorant 



General plumage, black, glossed with blue, a white patch on the throat 

 and another on the sides of the body ; in summer the head is crested with 

 long narrow feathers which fall off when the breeding season is over, the white 

 patch on the throat and sides also disappear about the same time. Length, 

 36 inches. 



HAB. Coasts of the North Atlantic, south in winter on the coast of the 

 United States, casually to the Carolinas ; breeding (formerly) from Massa- 

 chusetts northward. 



Nest on precipitous rocks, built of sticks and sea-weed, kept in a filthy 

 condition from the refuse of the larder, etc. Eggs, three to four, pale bluish 

 green. 



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