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YEARBOOK, PUBLIC MUSEUM, MILWAUKEE 



[Vol. 11. 



In addition to the above, we collected twelve eggs and all necessary 

 nests, samples of rock and other material, required for the building of 

 a fine environmental group, showing a typical nesting site in this great 

 bird sanctuarv at Bonaventure Island. 



NOTES ON A "SIDE TRIP" TO THE GASPE COR- 

 MORANT COLONIES 



By H. L. Stoduarii'' 



Fig. 22). — Perce Rock and the adjacent mainland. Bonaventure Island lies 

 three miles to the east of this point. 



After our third week .on Bonaventure Island, in the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence, collecting group material and taking motion and still pic- 

 tures of Gannets, Murres, Puffins, Razor-billed Auks and other sea 

 birds, so abundant in this great bird sanctuary, it was decided that, as 

 soon as the wind and weather permitted, Dr. W. D. Richardson and 

 the writer should make a short trip up into Gaspe Bay, about thirty- 

 six miles distant. Here we hoped to collect a few young Double-crested 

 Cormorants needed to complete a group, and to photograph their col- 



^Assoclate Taxidermist, Milwaukee Public Museum. 



