Sconnett Point, R.I. 
April 16-21 , 1890. 
Cormorants were seen by us every day, usually early in the 
morning or near sunset flying over the ocean, but none of them 
came sufficiently near ufe to be certainly identified. They all 
looked to me, however, to be of the smaller species. Their flight 
and general appearance at a distance is very much like that of 
the Loon; but their wings move more slowly and they often scale. 
In the middle of £he dav they congregate to the number of a dozen 
or fifteen on the vahagwWks where, by means of a powerful glass, 
we could see them seated in a row on a ledge a few feet above the 
water . 
General 'Notes. 
Correction.— In my article ‘Habits of the Double-crested Cormorant 
in Rhode Island’ (Auk, Jan. 1894, P- 2 °) “ Cancer irroratus Say = Pa?i- 
opeus sayi Smith” should read “ Cancer irrorattis Say and Panopeus sayi 
Smith.” — Geo. M. Mackay, Nantucket , Mass. 
Auk XI. April. 1894 p; 175 
