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GEEEN CORMORANT. 



CRESTED CORMORANT. SHAG. CRESTED SHAG. GREEN-CRESTED 

 CORMORANT. CORVORANT. 



PLATE CCXII. PIG. I. 



Pelecanus cristatus, PENNANT. 



Pelecanus graculus, MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



Phalacrocorax cristatus, SELBT. JENTNS. 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, 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 or grass. 



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

 is white, but they soon become stained and discoloured. 



