390 PHALACROCORAX CARBO. 



our other species, as are several of the rocky ish^ts farther 

 up the firth. Mr. Selby describes its nests as examined by 

 him on the Fern Ishuids. Whetlier there be any breediug- 

 ph\ces iarther south or not, individuals are seen and occa- 

 sionally procured along the eastern and southern coasts ; but 

 it docs not appear to become numerous until we arrive on 

 the coasts of Wales, where Montagu savs he has seen " an 

 insulated rock covered Avith their nests, which are composed 

 of sticks and sea-weed." From thence northward they 

 appear to be more numerous. 



It occurs equally on the coasts of the continent of 

 Europe, extending as far as the ^Mediterranean. M. Tem- 

 niinck states its occurrence oven in the Ganges. In North 

 America, according to Mr. Audubon, it is rarely seen farther 

 south than the extreme limits of Maryland, becomes more 

 plentiful from Chesapeake Bay eastward, and is ab\indant 

 on the coasts of the northern states. Nova Scotia, and 

 Labrador. 



YorxG. — Like those of other Cormorants, the young at 

 first have a very singular appearance, owing to their dusky 

 colour, and the disproportionately large size of their feet. 

 Their skin is bare, and of a dull livid tint ; the bill flesh- 

 coloured at the base, dusky toward the end : the feet bluish- 

 black, with tlie Avebs light brown. In a few days they 

 become covered Avith broAvnish-black doAAii, except the head, 

 upper part of the neck, loAver surface of the Avings, and 

 abdomen ; and in about eight weeks are able to fly, until 

 Avhich time they remain in the nest. "NVhcn fully fledged, 

 they are as folloAvs : — 



The bill is pale brown, dusky on the ridge ; the iris 

 broAA'n ; the bare skin at the base of the bill flesh-coloured ; 

 the feet black. The upper parts are grcenish-broAvn, the 

 head and neck streaked with paler; the feathers of the fore 

 part and sides of the back, Avith the wing-coverts, broAvnish- 

 gi*ey, bordered AAith dark brown ; the fore-neck and lower 

 parts of the body greyish-brown, shaded into brownish- 

 Avhite on the middle of the breast and abdomen ; the quills 

 and tail-feathers brownish-black. Tlie throat-band obsciu'ely 

 indicated, being greyish-white, Avith faint broAvn streaks. 



