066 The Zoologist — April, 1867. 



w That as a duck for life that dives, 

 So up and down the poor ship rides." 



Pericles, Introd. 



The following dialogue between Malvolio'and the clown in • Twelfth 

 Night,' concerning wildfowl, has perhaps quite as much reference to 

 birds in general : — 



Clo. "What is the opinion of Pythagoras* concerning wildfowl? 



Mai. That the soul of our gvandam might haply inhabit a bird. 



Clo. What think'st thou of his opinion ? 



Mai. I think nobly of the soul, and no way approve his opinion. 



Clo. Fare thee well. Remain thou still in darkness : thou shalt hold the opinion 

 of Pythagoras ere I will allow of tby wits ; and fear to kill a woodcock, lest thou dis- 

 possess the soul of thy grandam. Fare thee well." 



Act iv. Scene 3. 



Cormorant [Carlo crislalus). 



" Insatiate cormorant." 



Richard II., Act ii. Scene 1. 



With this exception we find the word "cormorant" invariably used 

 by Shakespeare as an adjective ; as, for example: — 



" The cormorant belly." 



Coriolanus, Act i. Scene 1. 



And 



" The cormorant war." 



Troitus and Cressida, Act ii. Scene 2. 



" Cormorant devouring time." 



Love's Labour Lost, Act i. Scene 1. 



Gull (Larits). 



Othello, Act v. Scene 2. 



Twelfth Night, Act iii. Scene 2 ; Act v. Scene 1. 



" Here comes my noble gull catcher." 



Twelfth Night, Act ii. Scene 4. 



1 



For the derivation and meaning of the word "gull" we may refer 

 back to Zool. S. S. 530. 



* See Zool. S. S. 658. 



