8 CORMORANT. 



some degree resembling bristles. Some white feathers began 

 to appear on the thighs of the same bird on the 25th. of 

 January, and the patch was completed in five weeks. These 

 white feathers began to disappear about the 16th. of June, 

 and by the 20th. of July were almost entirely gone.' 



The engraving is from a spirited drawing sent by Theodore 

 Compton, Esq. 



