2. GRACULUS. SHAG, OR GREEN CORMORANT. 



P, cauda rotundata, corpore nigro subtusfusco, rec- 

 tricibus duodecim, rostra edentulo. Lath. 



The bill is ash colour ; irides are green ; the head 

 of the male crested ; upper parts dark green, shining 

 like satin ; the scapulars and wings are bronze brown, 

 each feather edged with black ; legs black. 



It weighs about 4lbs. length 2 feet 6 inches. 



Var. under parts glossy green, entirely grey, or 

 blackish bronze. 



The crop of P. graculus and carbo are often infested with 

 a species of ascarides, first described by Dr. Pulteney, in 

 the 5th vol. of the Lin. Transactions. 



3. BASSANUS. GANNET, OR SOLAND GOOSE. 



P. cauda cuneiformi, corpore albo, rostro serrato, re- 

 migibus primoribus nigris, facie ccerulea. Lath. 



The bill is lead colour, jagged on the sides ; a long 

 furrow on the upper mandible; irides pale yellow, 

 surrounded by a blue skin ; mouth black within ; the 

 skin under the chin, as well as the whole sesophagus, 

 capable of great dilatation ; the crown buff colour ; 

 the wings and legs black ; the rest of the plumage 



