256 Mr. Peabody on the 
and has been considered extremely rare, has been 
obtained by Dr. Brewer, in the vicinity of Boston. 
They are found breeding on low islands at Labrador, 
in great numbers, arriving as soon as the ice is dis- 
solved from the water in the spring. They spend 
the winter on the coast of the eastern states. At that 
season, not many are seen farther east than the Bay 
of Halifax. No fish comes amiss to their insatiable 
appetites; of codlings particularly, they destroy im- 
mense numbers, They differ from the Florida cor- 
morant, described by Audubon, chiefly in their 
superior size, and having more of the long feathers 
behind the eye. 
The Smac, Phalacrocorar graculus, is found in 
most parts of the United States as far south as Flor- 
ida, Where they breed in large associations. They 
appear to make the bays and islands of the St. Law- 
rence their northern bounds. In the high northern 
regions they have not yet been encountered. They 
live perpetually near the sea, never wandering in- 
land like the common cormorant, which has been 
seen on the Missouri river. They are expert divers, 
and collect great quantities of fish. Near the mouth 
of Boston harbor, they are found in thick and nu- 
merous flocks, at the approach of winter. 
The Ganser, Sula bassana, a bird known on 
both sides of the Atlantic, is added to this list on the 
authority of Dr. Brewer, who has obtained a speci- 
men. In the summer, they are seen in vast num- 
bers in the bay of St. Lawrence, where the Gannet 
