GREEN CORMORANT 



SHAG SCARF SCART CRESTED CORMORANT. 



PLATE CCXIL FIGURE I. 



Pcleeanus cristatus, . . . PENNANT. 

 Pelecanus graculus, . . . MONTAGU. BEWICK. 

 Phalacrocorax cristatus, . . SELBY. JENYNS. GOULD. 



THE Green 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, 

 frequent 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 of grass ; the materials of which it is 

 composed are matted and plastered together. 



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

 original colour is white. They are like those of the cormorant 

 in colour and surface, but less in size. During incubation they 

 soon become stained and discoloured. 



VOL. III. 



