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The Kittiwake Gulls nest abotit a quarter of a mile from the Gannet 

 ledges, and also on the north side of Perce Rock. A pair of the young 

 of this species is shown in figure 21. A large colony of Double-crested 

 Cormorants could be plainly seen from the Island, with the aid of binoc- 

 ulars, on top of Perce Rock. A few Herring Gulls were scattered 

 among them and a good sized colony was near by. Frequently when on 



Fig. 20. — Razor-bill Puffin, Bonaventure Island. 

 by Dr. W. D. Richardson. 



Photc 



the water, and miles away from Perce, we met the Cormorants, some- 

 times flying in a straight line, numbering anywhere from twenty to 

 eighty birds, at other times in straight double lines. At such times they 

 seemed to be equally divided in numbers, and flying exactly parallel. At 

 one time we met them flying in a long single undulating line, the curves 

 of which were perfectly symmetrical, each bird rising and descend- 



