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ORDER STEGANOPODES. 



FAMILY PELECANID.E.— GENUS PHALACROCOEAX. 

 CORMORANT. 



Phalacrocokax carbo (Linnaeus). 



Local Nasies — Scartli, Scarf. 



Owing to the entire absence from the Lancashire 

 coast of any cHffs suitable for rock-loving birds, the 

 present species is properly only a winter visitor. St. 

 Bees Head, however, where, according to Dr. Parker, it 

 breeds regularly, is not very far away, and odd birds, 

 doubtless stragglers thence, are seen at all seasons. 

 Byerley states (1856) that on the sand-banks near 

 Liverpool it is very numerous, but, as a rule, only one 

 or two birds are seen frequenting any one part of the 

 coast in winter. Li the Lune, Mr. T. Jackson tells me 

 it may often be seen fishing, and, when tired, standing 

 on a sand-bank, with wrings spread out, for hours at a 

 time, especially if the sun be shining. From its 

 expe'rtness in diving, it is seldom shot, and, naturally, it 

 is seldom seen inland [in this county] , though it has 

 occasionally been met with on the larger reservoirs. 



SHAG. 



Phalacrocorax graculus (Linnfeus). 



According to Dr. Parker, the Shag breeds at St. Bees 

 Head in smaller numbers than the Common Cormorant 



