SHAG 307 



There is a female in Mr. Henry Payne's collection, 

 which was shot at Gillingham, January 5, 1894, and 

 Mr. H. Elgar states that the galar pouch contained three 

 viviparous Blenny, length 8*5 and 4 inches. 



Mr. W. Prentis, writing in 1894, says : " It is only 

 during the last five or six years that the Cormorant has 

 become plentiful on our river, the Medway ; it may be 

 that they are getting more numerous round the coast." 



Mr. J. E. Green, in his notes on the birds of the 

 "Cedars," Lee, Kent, gives a solitary instance of the 

 Cormorant having visited that estate. 



A Cormorant was taken in the Hythe Canal by Mr. F. 

 Young, in October, 1870, and recorded by the late Mr. C. 

 Gordon. 



SHAG. 



Phalacrocorax graculus (Linnaeus). S.N., i., p. 217 



(1766). 



Cole Goose. 



This species, being one of our most northern birds, 

 and being able to stand the most severe weather, is 

 seldom found in the estuaries of our rivers, being more 

 often found on the rocky coast, keeping always out at 

 sea. 



The Shag is included in Boys' Birds of Sandwich, 

 1792. 



Mr. W. Prentis says : " The Shag has, to my know- 

 ledge, been observed on the Medway and shot on one or 

 two occasions." 



