THE COEMOEANT. 



Pelecanus carbo. 





HIS bird is variously known 

 as the Great Cormorant, the 

 Black Cormorant, etc., and 

 is of very peculiar appear- 

 ance. It is well distributed 

 over Great Britain, and is a 

 well-known habitue of all 

 the wild and rocky portions 

 of our sea-coasts. 



The Cormorant closely re- 

 sembles in general appear- 

 ance the Shag, or Green 

 Cormorant, and no doubt the 

 two birds are frequently mis- 

 taken the one for the other. 

 The bird under description is, 

 however, larger, blacker in 

 plumage, and possesses one 

 or two other characteristics 

 not observable in the Shag. 



The Cormorant is popularly 

 supposed to be possessed of 

 unusual intelligence, and it 

 has for a long time been used 



