390 SHAG. 



in every particular, excepting that they are somewhat 

 smaller. The plumage is black, mingled with rich 

 metallic green ; the head is surmounted with a tuft of 

 feathers, which it can erect when it pleases ; the wings 

 are tinted with bronze and purple. It is considerably 

 smaller in size than the Cormorant. 



