FRAGMENTS FROM THE SEASHORE. 243 



SHAG, OR GREEN CORMORANT 

 GUARDING YOUNG. 



called, is highly esteemed as an article of food, 

 and I have been told on good authority that it 

 is difficult to distinguish scart soup from that 

 made from the more orthodox hare. 



The oyster-catcher is one of the liveliest and 

 most characteristic birds of the seashore. Its 



