. The American natural history : a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America . Natural history. COEMOBANT AND SNAKE-BIRD 287 of all tourists who care for the sight of what is called a "; In winter, southern Texas is the haven for this bird, as well as for so many other swimming-birds. THE CORMORANT FAMILY. Phalacrocoracidae. The Cormorant1 is to me a most uninter- esting bird. Month in and month out I have seen them perching, and perching,—on spar buoys in harbors, on mud-bank stakes, and on dead trees along shore and up stream. For days togethe
. The American natural history : a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America . Natural history. COEMOBANT AND SNAKE-BIRD 287 of all tourists who care for the sight of what is called a "; In winter, southern Texas is the haven for this bird, as well as for so many other swimming-birds. THE CORMORANT FAMILY. Phalacrocoracidae. The Cormorant1 is to me a most uninter- esting bird. Month in and month out I have seen them perching, and perching,—on spar buoys in harbors, on mud-bank stakes, and on dead trees along shore and up stream. For days together have Cormorants fled up stream before my boat, yet never once have I seen a wild Cormorant do an interesting thing. Instead of getting out and hustling for fish, like the pelican, or taking delight in architecture, like the osprey, the Cormorant tiresomely perches, and waits, Micawber-like, for something to turn up. In captivity it does better. In our Flying- Cage pool, the Cormorants play with sticks, and dive for amusement, more than any other bird, except the brown pelican. In fact, it seems like a different creature from the wild bird. The Cormorant is, in general terms, a dull black bird, wholly devoid of colored plumage. Its range is given in the check list of the Ameri- can Ornithologists' Union as "coasts of the North Atlantic, south in winter on the coast of the United States, casually, to the ; It lives upon fish, and wanders inland much farther than might be supposed. The Double-Crested Cormorant2 is the bird of the interior of the United States, from Texas northward into Manitoba, but also rang- ing to the Atlantic coast. Its'color is glossy black. On the Pacific coast, from Washington to Alaska, is found the Pelagic Cormorant,3 with an erect crest rising from its forehead, and by which this bird is ea-sily recognized. Pallas' Cormorant, which once inhabited the northern shore of Bering Sea, was the largest and handsomest bird of this Family.
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