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sue their finny prey beneath the clear water, their striking white wing 

 patches and bright coral feet flashing as they swim. 



Two hours' run through rough water brought us to Point St. Peter, 

 twelve miles north of our starting point. Passing a lighthouse perched 

 picturesquely on a rocky island, we turned northwestward into the 

 calmer waters of Gaspe Bay. Point St. Peter, with Cape Gaspe, which 

 was plainly visible across the bay, form the extreme tips of the Gaspe 

 Peninsula. 



We now followed the precipitous clififs on the south side of the bay. 





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Fig. 24. — Nesting colony of Double-crested Cormorants on Gaspe Bay, Gaspe 



Peninsula, Quebec. 



The Double-crested Cormorants we now met were no longer headed 

 for Perce Rock, but for one or another of the four colonies located a 

 few miles apart on the broken faces of these shale cliffs. 



Long before the nesting birds could be discerned, the situations ,of 

 the colonies were plainly evident, each appearing as a light gray patch 

 or blotch on the dark rock, due to the "whitewash" about the nests. 

 Closer approach revealed the bottle-like forms of the birds themselves, 

 sitting in irregular rows on the face of the cliff. These thriving colonies 



