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Fig. 309. —Cormorant {Graculvs). 



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

 flight. They are all carnivorous. Such are the 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. Totipalmates, or 

 Cormorants. — Charac- 

 terized by a long bill, 

 generally hooked; 

 wings rather long; and 

 toes long, and all four 

 joined together by 

 broad webs. Throat 

 generally naked, and 

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



Fig. 310.— Wild Goose (Bernicla Canadiensis) . 

 United States. 



