. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . s an almost world-wide distribution, andbreeds in the northern part of the Northern Hemisphere from NovaScotia, Labrador, and Greenland to the British Isles and Kamchatka,and winters as far south as Long Island, southern Africa, Australia,and New Zealand. The bird is said to be very intelligent, easilydomesticated, and to become attached to its masters. In the timeof Charles the First, fishing with trained cormorants was a regularsport in England, and this species was employed. Ri
. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . s an almost world-wide distribution, andbreeds in the northern part of the Northern Hemisphere from NovaScotia, Labrador, and Greenland to the British Isles and Kamchatka,and winters as far south as Long Island, southern Africa, Australia,and New Zealand. The bird is said to be very intelligent, easilydomesticated, and to become attached to its masters. In the timeof Charles the First, fishing with trained cormorants was a regularsport in England, and this species was employed. Rings aroundthe neck, as in China at the present day, were used to prevent swal-lowing the prey, although in well-trained birds this was unnecessary. Although the cormorant does not now breed south of Nova Sco-tia, in the time of Audubon it nested at Grand Manan. Nuttall(1834) says, They breed, and are seen in the vicinity of Boston onbare and rocky islands, nearly throughout the year. Earlier still,when the first settlers came to this country, thej^ were abundant along U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 121 PL. 42. T , ^s^ --3. nM^
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