856 



THE I'.AIRI) C( )R.\1( )RAXT. 



for allinvani'f must Ik- madt- fdr llio I'n iwdiiit; of ihe wall, against which this 

 Cormorant alwaxs Iniilds. TIil' slrui-tiire is the work of successive seasons, 

 and the limv excrement, which in\arial)ly cements the grasses of wiiich it is 

 composed. a])pears rather to favor its i)reser\;ition than to hasten its decay. 

 The eggs are of a deHcate greenisli hhic when lirst laid, half or two-thirds 



o V c r s ]) r e ;i cl 

 with a thick 

 c h ;i 1 k y d e- 

 ]) o s i t . 'Tlu'V 

 are_ of an elon- 

 gated elliptical 

 sh;ipe, \arying 

 gi-eall_\' in size, 

 Imt a\'eragiiig 

 smaller t h a n 

 those of either 

 of the other 

 1 1> c a 1 species, 

 wliile rinits. or 

 u n d e r s i / e d 

 egg--, are not 

 in t re(nient. 



The hird ut- 

 ters ni 1 note of 

 protest at the 

 int msi( m i if her 

 domain, save a 

 1 o w c r o a k, 

 of a])prehension 

 rather than of 

 warning. This 

 note, hy the 

 wa\'. serves to 

 nameh', Corziis 



Taken on I'lnl-top. 



Fiioto by the Author. 



NEST .^ND EGGS OF B.3ilRlTS CORMON.ANT. 



recall the iirohalile derivation of the word "Cormorant' 

 iiiariiiiis. e(|uals Sca-Rai'Oi'^. 



a. Also derived by some from .\rmoric mar-vr,iii = Sea Haven + Cor. pleonastic addition from tlic Initio ; 

 but tbis is doubtful and far-fetcbed. 



