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PELICANID^. 
NATATORES. 
PELICANIDjE. 
PLATE CCLXXXVIL 
SHAG. 
PHALACROCORAX CRISTATUS. 
The Shag is a common species on the rocky shores of 
Great Britain, and is found on most of the northern sea- 
coasts of Europe and Asia, and on some of those of 
America. It is common in Greenland, Iceland, and the 
Faroe isles; along the shores of Lapland, Finnland, and 
the bays of the Icy Sea, and from Europe to Asia as far 
as Kamtschatka ; it is also found on the lakes of Siberia in 
great numbers, and extends southward to Scotland, Ireland, 
and England. On the western coast of Europe the Shag 
is only occasionally seen, and chiefly as solitary individuals : 
it is to be remarked that tolerable flocks visit the coasts 
of Corsica, Sardinia, and other islands as far as Cyprus. 
The present species is not a more regular migrant than 
the cormorant, but seems to wander across the ocean in 
flocks of irregular numbers, either in search of food or for 
some unknown cause, as it does not regard cold or warmth 
suflSiciently to be driven by those causes. 
The Shag is still more a sea-bird than the cormorant. 
