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COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



Fig. 309. — Cormorant {Graculvs). 



pointed wings, usnally long tail, and by great powers of 

 flight. They are all carnivorons. Such are tlie Gulls and 

 Terns, which frequent the sea-coast, lakes, and rivers ; and 



the Albatrosses and Pe- 

 trels (the largest and 

 smallest of web-footed 

 Birds), which are oce- 

 anic. 



3. Totipalmafes, or 

 Cor m oran ts. — Charac- 

 terized by a long bill, 

 generally hooked; 

 wings rather long; and 

 toes long, and all four 

 joined together by 

 broad webs. Throat 



Fig. 310.— wild Goi.fp {BnniHa Canadensis). ,, , , 



United Slates. generally naked, and 



furnished with a sac. The majority are large sea-birds, 



