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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Cormorant 



THE Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo, Linnaeus) is a 

 resident species in the British Islands, and is also found 

 inhabiting most sea-coasts with the exception of those of 

 the Western Pacific. The adult in summer dress has the 

 back and wing-coverts dark greenish-brown, margined with 

 black ; primaries and tail, black, the latter having fourteen 

 feathers ; upper portion of head and neck, black ; feathers 

 of crown, elongated ; those on neck mixed with hair-like 

 feathers ; throat, white ; gular pouch, yellow ; under parts, 

 rich black, a white patch on the thigh (said to be assumed 

 very early in spring and lost in summer) ; irides, green ; 

 bill, brown ; legs and feet, black. Length, from thirty-four 



