CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 67 



{Turner?) From Race Rocks to Alaska, including Howe Sound 

 and Burrard Inlet and both coasts of Vancouver Island ; it occa- 

 sionally enters the mouth of the Fraser River, andis tolerably com- 

 mon. {Fanning Common on both coasts of Vancouver Island. 

 {Spreadborough. ) 



122. Brandt's Comorant. 



Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt) Heerm. 1854. 

 Two specimens of this species were killed off Beacon Hill, 

 Victoria, ..YsyB^SUXSi-IslaO^' April 19th, 1897, by Mr. D. E. Camp- 

 bell and presented to the museum. (Fannin.) 



123. Pelagic Cormorant. 



Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pall. 1826. 



This comorant was found abundantly on the Aleutian Islands 

 in May, 1877, and in the autumn of 1881. {Nelson.) In some 

 localities of the Aleutian Islands this form is extremely numerous ; 

 it breeds on all the principal islands. Along these islands the 

 bird is a constant resident, apparently more numerous in winter 

 than' in summer. {Turner.) 



Breeding Notes. — The nest is usually placed on a ledge of 

 some bold-faced rock ; in some instances about forty feet above 

 the sea. It is large, built of sea-weed, a few grass stalks, and an 

 abundance of its own excrement. The eggs number three or four, 

 blue of pale shade to white in colour. {Turner.) 



123«. Violet-green Cormorant. 



Phalacrocorax pelagicus robtistiis 'R.i'DGVi . 1884. 



This is the most abundant cormorant in Alaska. It occurs 

 everywhere on the coast from Norton .Sound to Sitka, and breeds 

 on almost every rocky promontory. {Nelson.) This species is 

 very common near the entrance to St. Michael. (Turner.) An 

 abundant resident on the coast of British Columbia, taken as far 

 north as Port Simpson ; it breeds on the islands close to Sidney 

 Island, about fifteen miles from Victoria. (Fannin.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMEN. , 



A fine specimen of this species, taken near Port Simpson, on 

 the Pacific coast of British Columbia. 

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