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SHAG CORMORANT. 



(Phalacrocorax Graculus.) 



Ph. corpore viridi-nigro , siiblus fusco, rectricibus duodecim, pc- 



dibus nigris. 

 Cormorant with the body green-black, beneatli brown, tail-feathers 



twelve, the legs black. 

 Pelecanus Graculus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1.21". Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1 . 574. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 887- 

 Phalacrocorax minor. Briss. Orn. 6.516. 

 Corvus aquaticus minor. Raii, Syn. 1 23. A. 

 Petit Cormoran, ou Nigaud. Biff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 319. Temm. 



man. d'Orn. 589. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 897. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1 . 



525. 

 Shag, or Crane. Will. Orn. 330./?/. 63. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 



508. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 598. Lexv. Brit. Birds, 7. pi- 264. 



Wale. Syn. I. pi. 93. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. and Snpp. Bexv. 



Brit. Birds, 2. 390. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 429. 

 Young.— Le petit Fou brun. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 374. 

 Fou brun de Cayenne. Biff. PL Enl. 974. 



About two feet in length : in the winter plumage 

 the head, throat, neck, back, and all the under parts 

 are a dull greenish-black : on the neck are a few very 

 small whitish streaks : the feathers on the top of the 

 back and of the wings are deep ash in their middle, 

 edged with a broad band of deep black : the naked 

 space round the eyes and the guttural pouch are 

 reddish-yellow : the beak is reddish-ash, but black 

 above : the irides are reddish-brown : the legs black. 

 In the summer the occiput and nape are adorned 

 with long deep green glossed feathers, which form a 

 kind of crest : the throat is black : on the top of the 



