CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



CASE h 



THE SHAG OR GREEN CORMORANT, 



THE BRIDLED AND BLACK 



GUILLEMOT. 



The Shag. 

 Order, Steganopodes. Family, PelecanidcE, 



The Shag, also called the Green or Crested 

 Cormorant, is fairly abundant in suitable localities. 

 It is essentially a marine species, and unlike, there- 

 fore, the Great Cormorant in that particular respect. 

 "Its favourite haunts being rugged coasts honey- 

 combed with caves, or islands margined with fallen 

 rocks and large boulders, amongst which it often 

 makes its nest." (H.S.) Localities such as the above 

 abound on the western coast and islands of Scotland, 

 on the western and southern coasts of Ireland, and 

 also, though in a minor degree perhaps, on the 

 western coasts of England and Wales. 



My own observation of and contact with these 

 birds has been more in the western islands of 

 Scotland than any other part of the British Islands. 

 In suitable weather, I have often sailed down the 

 rocky coasts of the islands of Mull, and there I 

 used to see these birds sitting on all the jagged 

 points of the cliffs, and emerging out of deep 



