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Genus XCIV. PELICAN. 



CorVorant, Gen. Syn. vi. p. 593. N* i^.-^Sepp Vog. pi. in p, 



T T is difficult to make the Corvorant rife from the water, efpe- 

 cially if followed, and obliged to dive many times, as its fea- 

 thers imbibe much wet. On this account, it is obferved, that 

 when it comes out of the water, it expands and flaps the wings as 

 foon as pOiTible, that the feathers may the fooner dry. Mr. Jack' 

 Jon obferved to me, that having once made a great noifc beneath 

 the neft of a Corvorant which had built in the rocks, he frighten- 

 ed out three young, which not being fledged enough to fly, drop- 

 ped into the water, but immediately fwam about, and dived with- 

 out the leaft difficulty, as if they had been ufed to that element. 

 Both Corvorant and Shag are called about Sandwich by the name 

 of Cole-Goofe *. 



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CORVO- 

 RANT, 



Spotted Shag, Gen. Syn. \i. p. 602. N"> 18. 

 Pelicanus punftatus, Sparrm. Muf. Carlf. pi. 10, 



T^H I S, like the Corvorant, and many other birds, has, no doubt, 

 two manners of building, each fuited to its prefent conveni- 

 ence. It is faid ufually to build among the rocks ; but we are 

 told by Dr. Spurrman, that it makes the nefl: in the trees alfo. 



• Mr. Boys, 



18. 



SPOTTED 



SHAG. 



Gannet, 



