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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 Canadensis). 
United States. 
