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Amherst : One instance. Bristol County : " Common winter visitor 

 along the coast." Cambridge : Casual ; one instance. Cohasset : " Abun- 

 dant in fall, common in spring ; a few winter." Essex County: "Winter. 

 Common." Ipswich: Uncommon. Nantucket :" Common." Spring- 

 field : Two instances. 



152. Phalacrocorax carbo (Linn.). Common Cormorant. 

 An uncommon migrant to tlie coast in spring and autumn. 



Rare in winter. 



May 14 ; September 22 to October 5 ; (Winter). 



Bristol County : " Rather common visitant along the coast, and up the 

 Taunton River." Essex County: "Winter. Common." Nantucket: 

 " Scarce." 



153. Phalacrocorax auritus (Less.). Double-crested 

 Cormorant. 



A common migrant along the coast in spring and autumn. 

 Casual inland. 



May; September i to October i. , 



Berkshire : " Accidental visitant." Bristol County : " Common transient 

 visitant along the coast, and up the Taunton River." Cambridge : Casual. 

 One instance ; September. Cohasset : " Common in fall, rather rare in 

 Spring." Springfield: "A rare visitor" except during 1887 and 18S8 

 when several small flocks were seen. Wellesley : " Casual." 



154. Sula bassana (Linn.). Gannet. 



A migrant off the coast; rare in spring, but common in late 

 summer and autumn. 



[May]; August 3 to November 10. 



Cohasset: " Abundant in fall." Essex County: "September. Rather 

 rare." Ipswich: One instance. Nantucket: " Not verv common." 



155. Sula sula (Linn.). Booby. 



Accidental off the coast. There is but one record, that from 

 Essex County (Putnam) having been expunged: Cape Cod, a 

 male in the collection of Messrs. E. A. and O. Bangs, which was 

 brought to the Boston Market, September 17, 1878.1 



1 Brewer; Proc. Boat. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XX, 1879, p. 277. 



