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GREEN CORMORANT. 



CRESTED CORMORANT. SHAG. CRESTED SHAG. 

 GREEN-CRESTED CORMORANT. CORVORANT. 



PLATE CCXII. FIG. 1. 



JPelecanus cristatus, . . Pennant. 



Pelecanus gracidus, . . . Montagu. Bewick. 

 Pkalacrocorax cristatus, . Selby. Jenyns. Gould. 



Carlo cristatus, . . . Temminck. 



These Cormorants make their nests on the ledges and 

 shelves of cliffs or caves over the sea, lower down than 

 the other species. Many pairs, a score or more, fre- 

 quent the same place. They return to it annually for 

 the breeding-season. Montagu mentions his having 

 counted thirty together on a small rock. The bird sits 

 upright on the eggs. 



The nest is a mass of sea-weed, softened off internally 

 with the finer sorts or grass. 



The eggs are three, four, or five in number, and 

 their original colour is white, but they soon become 

 stained and discoloured. 



