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PELECANID.E. 



NATATORES. 



PELECANJDJE. 



THE SHAG, OR GREEN CORMORANT. 



Pelecaniis cristatus, Shag Cormorant, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. "285. 



„ ,, Crested „ ,, ,, ,, ,, 284, 



M graculus. The Shag, 



,, cristatus. Crested Shag, 



,, graculus, The ,, 



Phalacrocorax, ,, Comviwn ,, 

 ,, cristatus, 



Mont. Ornlth. Diet. 



Crested 



■)■> 





Carbo 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 405, 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 117. 

 )> >> >> ilo, 



„ ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 450. 



,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 262. 



,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. x. 



Cormoran largnp, TEMM.Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 900. 



The aditlt Shag is immediately distinguislied from the 

 Cormorant at any season by its prevaihng green colour, as 



