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Family X. SULIDiE. Gannets. 

 XXXIX. SULA Brisson. i;6o. 

 ^ Gannet. Solan Goose. 



Sulabassana (Linn.) Boie. i8z2. 



Accidental and rare in Greenland. {Arct. Man) From Green- 

 id south to New Brunswick and throughout the Gulf of St. 

 wrence this species is common, breeding abundantly on the 

 athern coast of Labrador and on the Nova Scotia coast and on 

 rd Rocks in the Gulf. Accidental in Ontario. Mcllwraith 

 :ntions the occurrence of two individuals. 



Breeding Notes. — Breeds at Bird Rocks, Gulf of St. Law- 

 ice. {Raine.) I saw numbers of these birds on the rocky 

 Iges of Bonaventure Island off the Gaspe coast in June, 1897. 

 ey had apparently just commenced to lay. Great numbers are 

 o to be met with around the Magdalen Islands, their principal 

 ceding resort there, as is well known, being the Great Bird 

 >cks, where still a considerable number hatch their young 

 :ry year. I was unsuccessful in reaching their breeding-ground 

 June 25th, owing to a dense fog, and had much difficulty in 

 ding the land after a hard day's work. {Rev. C.J. Young.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Dne specimen taken in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, bought with 

 t Holman collection ; also one egg taken on Bird Rocks, Gulf 

 St. Lawrence, July, 1886. Received from Mr. Raine. 



Family XI. PHALACROCORACIDJS. Cormorants. 

 XL. PHALACROCORAX Brisson. 1760. 



3- Single-crested Cormorant. 



Phalacrocorax carbo (Linn.) Leach. 1816. 



Said by Holboell to breed from the Godthaab Fjord northward; 

 served also on the east coast of Greenland. {Arct. Man?) 

 jntiful and breeding along the whole coast of Labrador and 

 iwfoundland. It also breeds on the coast of Nova Scotia, 

 'owTis) and on islands in Mace's Bay, New Brunswick. {Cham- 

 iain.) Common in the Gulf of St. Lawrence {Dionne') and 

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