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head, part of the neck, and on the thighs appear 

 several pure white feathers, which are very long, 

 slender, and silky : the rest of the plumage resem- 

 bles that of the winter. The young have the throat 

 of a clear ash : the head, neck, and under parts of 

 a deep brown, with the feathers on the breast and 

 fore part of the neck edged with ashy-brown : the 

 feathers on the top of the back and of the wings are 

 ashy-brown ; all edged by a deep band of grey- 

 brown : the rump, vent, wing and tail-feathers are 

 blackish brown : the irides are brown. 



This bird is said to inhabit the northern and 

 southern countries of the two worlds, and to be very 

 abundant in the regions of the arctic and antarctic 

 circles : it is common on the coasts of Britain : the 

 female builds her nest in the clefts of rocks, or on 

 trees, and lays two or three whitish eggs. Their food 

 consists of fishes. 



CRESTED CORMORANT. 



-f"' (Plialacrocorax cristatus.) 



Ph. corpore viridinitente, subtus obscuro, rostro pedibusque ob~ 



scuris, capite cristato. 

 Cormorant with the body glossy green, beneath obscure, the beak 



and legs obscure, the head crested. 

 Pelecanus cristatus. Fabr. Faun. Green, no. 58. Gmel. Sysi. 



Nat. 1. 575. Lath. Ind. Orn. ]. 888. 

 Cormoran largup. Temm. man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. ii. 900. 

 Crested Shag. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 585. A. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



2. 292.pl. 102. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 600. Mont. Om. Diet. 



2. and Supp. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 423. 



