CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 17 



Phaethon aethereus. 



RED-BILLED TROPIC BIRD. 



One example of this species has been taken on the New- 

 foundland Banks. 



Sula bassana. 



GANNET. 



This species is very abundant in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 

 and along the Atlantic coast of Labrador, and specimens are 

 seen occasionally in the Great Lakes. It winters in the Gulf of 

 Mexico. 



Phalacrocorax carbo. 



CORMORANT. 



This species is rather rare along the more southern portions of 

 our Atlantic coast, but is not uncommon on the islands in the Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence, and on Mecattina Island, off Labrador. A few 

 specimens have been taken in Lake Ontario. 



Phalacrocorax dilophus. 



DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. 



An abundant bird in the Maritime Provinces and Labrador ; 

 also, a common summer resident in Manitoba. It occurs rather 

 sparingly, as a migrant, in the Great Lakes. 



Phalacrocorax dilophus floridanus. 



FLORIDA CORMORANT. 



A few examples of this southern race have been taken in 

 Lake Erie. 

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