THE COMMON CORMOUANI'. 



The Cormorant, or Corvorant, as it is sometimes called, iuluiLits the New as well as the 

 Old Continent. In the latter it is very widely diifused, being spread over a considerable 

 portion of Kurope, especially (he North. 



It never quits the Gulf oi' Bothnia till that inlet is congealed, and then it may be seen 

 on trees and houses in Sweden, resting on its passage to the ocean. Oa the Dutch coast, 

 where it arrives in INIarch, it is very numerous ; nor is it uncommon on many of the 

 British shores, building its nest of sticks, sea-weed, and grass, on the highest parts of 

 clifi's that impend over the sea, and laying three or more green eggs about the size of 

 those of a goose. 



This bird swims very low in the water; even in (lie sou tlic body is deeply immersed, 



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