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COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 
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. Totijpalmates , 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 
furnished with a sac. The majority are large sea-birds, 
Fig. 310.—Wild Goose (Bernicla Canadiensits). 
United States. 
