SHAG. 
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The young bird of the year differs very much from 
the adult in having the upper plumage brown, tinged with 
oil-green; the under plumage brownish ash colour, and 
the chin, throat, middle of the breast and belly white; 
the thighs and upper tail coverts are dushy; the tail 
dusky, each feather edged with pale ash, the tips of the 
feathers white. 
The egg fig. S87 is that of the Shag. 
