Class II. SHAG CORVORANT. 285 



flash of the gun, they pop under water, and never 

 rise but at a considerable distance. 



We are indebted for this bird to the late 

 Mr. TVilliam Morris of Holijhead, with whom 

 we had a constant correspondence for several 

 years, receiving from that worthy man and in- 

 telligent naturalist, regular and faithful accounts 

 of the various animals frequenting that vast pro- 

 montory. 



Pelecanus Graculus. P. cauda of England the Crane. Wil. 3. Shas, 



rotundata corpore nigro sub- orn. 330. 



tus fusco, rectricibus duo- Corvus aquaticus minor. Gra- 



decim, rostroedentulo. Zflif//. cuius palmipes dictus. Raii 



Ind. orn. 887. id. Syn. vi. Syn. uv. 123. 



598. Le petit Cormoran. Brisson 



Gm. Lin. 574. av. vi. 5l6. Hist, d'ois. viii. 



Brunnich ornith. No. 121. SIQ. 



The Shag called in the North Arcf. Zool. ii. 30g. 



XHE head and neck black, glossed like silk Descrip- 

 with green ; the back and coverts of the wings 

 of the same color edged with purplish black; 

 the belly dusky and dull, the middle part cine- 

 reous ; the tail consists of twelve feathers, dusky 

 glossed with green ; the legs black ; the middle 

 toe serrated. Its length two feet six ; its extent 

 three feet eight inches ; weight four pounds.* 



TION. 



* Mr. Montagu considers this as the female, and the preced- 

 ing as the male Shag, and says that they are distinguished from 



