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The female is similar to male, but smaller. 



In the young, the bill is pale brown ; iris brown ; 

 bare skin at base of bill flesh-coloured ; upper parts 

 greenish-brown ; head and neck with paler streaks. 

 The feathers of the fore-part, sides of the back, and 

 wing coverts are brownish-grey, bordered with dark 

 brown ; quills and tail feathers brownish - black ; 

 fore-neck and lower parts of body grey brown, fading 

 into white on the breast and belly. The changes 

 from the first year's plumage described above are, 

 of course, varied. 



THE GREEN CORMORANT. 

 {Phalacrocorax graculus.) 



Male. — The bill is black ; the base of the upper 

 and lower margins of the basal part of the bill are 

 yellow, streaked with black ; a bare space round the 

 eye, and from that to the bill, is black ; iris green. 

 The general colour of the plumage is greenish-black, 

 and lustrous ; the feathers on the back and wings 

 lighter, and margined with velvet black. The 

 primary quills and tail are greyish-black ; the legs 

 and feet black. In the breeding season this bird has 

 a tuft on the head, two inches in length, of erect 

 incurved feathers. Length, from bill to tail, twenty- 

 nine inches. 



The female is similar to the male. 



Black Cormorant, Green Scout, Shag, Crested 

 Cormorant, and Green Cormorant are the names 

 this bird is known by, the last being the best one., 



