REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
Leach's Petrel—( Oceanodroma leucorhoa). 
Found on seas of northern hemisphere. A very few species are found on 
New .Jersey coast. 
Wilson’s Petrel—( Oceanites Oceanians ). 
Found on the high seas. Occasion®! on New .Jersey coast after storms. 
FAMILY SULIDiE.—THE GARNETS. 
Gannet; Solon Goose 1 —(Sula basscmci). 
A white gannet, with yellowish head and neck and nearly black primaries. 
Young—mottled grayish-brown above and white on the breast and belly, witn 
grayish-brown edges to the feathers. The mottling® of the back consist ot 
wedge-shaped white spots on the feathers. 
Only one species found in New Jersey. There are two specimens in , e 
New Jersey Museum of gannet said to have been shot at Atlantic City. Rare 
transient visitant along the coast. . . 
Breeds along the coast of North America, and winters south of Virginia. 
FAMILY PITALACROCORACIIUE.—THE 
CORMORANTS. 
Two species found on the New Jersey const. 
Cormorant— (Phailacrocorax carbo). 
-V diving, marine, narrow-billed, rounded-tailed, very dark-colored cor¬ 
morant, with a white patch on the flanks. In the breeding season there is a 
large, white patch on the head back of the eye. The plumage of the back and 
wings is bronzy, with more or less of iridescent colors. 
Breeds in northern New England to Greenland. A rare winter visitant. 
Double-crested Cormorant—( Plvalacrocorax diloplius). 
A common, double-crested, black cormorant, with a greenish iridescence to 
the feathers of the head, neck and body and coppery-gray to those of the 
back and wings. Bare skin on sides of the head, around the eyes orange (in 
life). The young has a white breast, changing to gray on the throat and black 
on the lower belly. , , , ,, ,, 
Breeds on bay of Fimdy northward. Winters southward to Maryland. 
Very common on New Jersey coast during migrations; also occurs in wmtei. 
Some remain all summer. 
