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prey in company. In short, the whole formed a most lively and interesting picture, which was 

 greatly enhanced by the beautiful scenery around the lake. The trees, in some of which were 

 four or five nests, were hard to climb ; and I had trouble to get good eggs, especially as the 

 Cormorants had mostly hatched out." 



The young when fii'st hatched are bare, and livid in colour ; but after the lapse of a few days 

 they are covered with a close, soft, sooty greyish brown down, the bare face and beak being flesh- 

 coloured, the latter greyish towards the tip. This down plumage is retained until the immature 

 dress above described is donned. 



The specimens figured are an adult male in full summer dress in the background, and an 

 adult in winter plumage in the foreground, both being the birds above described. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens: — 



E Mm. H. JE. Dresser. 



a, rf , b, % . Orkney (Dunn). c,jun. Amoy, China, January 1867. d,jwv. Amoy, February 1867. e. Amoy, 

 November 24th, 1867 (R. Swinhoe) . f, 6 ad. Point Lepreaux, Bay of Fundy, May 1864 (H. E. D.) . 



