. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . MORANTS. Graculits carbo.—The Common Cormorant. This species breeds in Canada. They arequite common in the interior of the , in the crevices of rocks ; eggs, three, ofa bluish-green color. Among the whole of theweb-footed birds which prey on fish, there arenone so voracious as Cormorants. They aremost excellent divers, and pursue their preywith astonishing facility beneath the surface ofthe water, but upon land they are extremelyawkward in their movements, owing to their
. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . MORANTS. Graculits carbo.—The Common Cormorant. This species breeds in Canada. They arequite common in the interior of the , in the crevices of rocks ; eggs, three, ofa bluish-green color. Among the whole of theweb-footed birds which prey on fish, there arenone so voracious as Cormorants. They aremost excellent divers, and pursue their preywith astonishing facility beneath the surface ofthe water, but upon land they are extremelyawkward in their movements, owing to their legsbeing placed so far backwards : they, however,fly with rapidity ; and the tail being rather long,and furnished with strong feathers, it helps tosupport the body while w^alking. As soon aswinter approaches, they are seen dispersed alongthe sea shores, entering the mouths of fresh-water 14 io6 Birds of Canada. rivers, and threatening destruction to all the finnytribe. The Common Cormorant is thirty-seveninches in length ; the color, bluish-black, gular-sac, yellow, with a broad white band at the DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. Graculiis dilopJms.—The Double-crestedCormorant. This species is not so well known as the pre-ceding. Its habits are similar to the CommonCormorant. Breeds in Labrador. The head,neck, lower part of the back, and entire undersurface, is greenish-black ; upper mandible, darkbrown ; lower, yellow ; iris, green ; legs, and feet,black ; gular sac, orange ; behind each eye is atuft of loose feathers, which form the crest. Birds of Canada. 107 Family LARID/E.—T//^ GULLS. Sub-Family Lestridin.^..— The Skua Gulls. Stercorariusparasiticus.—The Arctic Skua. The Arctic Skua breeds in the northern partof this continent. During the winter it frequentsthe sea coast of Canada. Length, twenty-twoinches ; color, above, brownish-black ; beneath,white. S. pouiarinus.—The Pomarine Skua. This species breeds in the far north. It ismuch more common than the preced
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