490 

 NATATORE8. 



PELECANID^!. 



PELECANTDJE. 



THE SHAG, OR GREEN CORMORANT. 



Phalacrocorax graculus. 



Pelecanus cristatus, Shag Cormorant, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 285. 



)) P- 284. 



Crested 



graculus, The Shag 

 cristatus, Crested Shag, 

 graculm, The 



Phalacrocorax Common 

 cristatus, Crested 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



Carlo 



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

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 117. 

 p. 118. 

 SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 450. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 262. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Cormoran largup, TEMM.Man.d'Omith.vol. iv. p. 900. 



THE adult Shag is immediately distinguished from the 

 Cormorant at any season by its prevailing green colour, as 

 well as its smaller size, and this difference in size is a suf- 



