450 NATAT. PHALACROCORAX. CORMORANT. 



Summer part of the neck, breast, mesial line, and lower part of 



the back, and the whole of the under plumage glossy 

 bluish-black ; in some lights shewing a green reflection. 

 Shoulders, scapulars, and greater part of the wing- 

 coverts bronzed hair-brown, each feather surrounded by 

 a zone of glossy velvet-black. Quills and tail black ; 

 the feathers of the latter having their shafts stiff and 

 elastic, and the webs coarse and harsh. The end of the 

 tail frequently worn by its use as a prop to support the 

 body. Bill three inches long from the forehead to the tip ; 

 the upper mandible blackish-grey ; the base of the lower 

 one yellowish. Guttural dilatable skin black, with minute 

 specks of kingVyellow. Naked skin around the eyes 

 greenish-yellow. Irides bright green. Legs and toesblack; 

 the outer toe, including its nail, four inches in length. 

 In winter, or after the autumnal moult, the occipital crest 



Winter i s wanting, and the head and upper part of the neck 



have only a few minute specks of white, almost imper- 

 ceptible. Throat-collar greyish-white, In other re- 

 spects as in the plumage of summer. The young of the 



Young. year have the head and neck brownish-black, slightly 



glossed with purplish-green. Throat-collar faintly indi- 

 cated by a lighter tint. Under plum age inclining to broc- 

 coli-brown, mixed with greyish- white. Mantle, scapulars, 

 and wing-coverts greyish-black, having the feathers bor- 

 dered with blackish-brown. Bill pale hair-brown. 



CRESTED SHAG, OR GREEN CORMORANT. 



PHALACROCORAX CRISTATUS, Steph., Flem. 

 PLATE LXXXVI. 



Phalacrocorax cristatus, Steph. Shaw's Zool. 13.83 Flem. Br. Anim. 118. 



No. 171. 



Phalacrocorax Graculus, Steph. Shaw's Zool. 2. 887. sp. 15. 

 Pelecanus Graculus, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 887- sp. 15. 

 Corvus aquaticus minor, Raii Syn. 123. A. 

 Carbo cristatus, Temih. Man. d'Ornith. 2. 900. 

 Cormoran .Largup, Temm. Man. 2. 900. 



