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NA TA TORES. 



TELECANID^. 



PELECANIDJE. 



THE SHAG, OR GREEN CORMORANT. 



Phalacrocorax graculus. 



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



Crested . ,, 284. 



gracuhts, The Shag 



cristatus, Crested Shag, 



graculus, The 



Phalacrocorax Common 



cristatus, Crested 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



Carbo 



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

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 117. 

 US. 

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



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 262. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. x. 



Cormoran largup, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. 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 



