CORMORANT. 
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PLATE CCLXXXVI. 
CORMORANT. 
PHALACROCORAX CARBO. 
The Cormorant is a constant inhabitant of the coast 
of Great Britain ; and so widely distributed over the north¬ 
ern countries of Europe, Asia, and America, that it would 
be more difficult to name countries where it is not to be 
found, than those in which it is known to exist. In Norway 
it extends farther north than the latitude of Iceland, and 
it is found in the large Russian seas and the Icy Sea; 
and from the most northern parts of Siberia it reaches 
to Central Asia, and the East Indies. In Greenland, 
Hudson’s Bay, and the whole of Canada it is common, 
and extends to the southern parts of the United States. 
In Europe this bird not only inhabits most of the shores 
of the countries north of Great Britain, but in a greater 
or smaller number is met with in every one southward 
to the Mediterranean. It is also found in the Grecian 
Archipelago, the Bosphorus, and the Black Sea, and in 
some rivers and lakes inland ; but least of all in those 
of Switzerland. 
