CuAss II. SHAG CORVORANT. 
flash of the gun, they pop under water, and never 
rise, but at a considerable distance. 
We are indebted for this bird to the late 
Mr. Wilkam Morris of Holyhead, with whom 
we had a constant correspondence for several 
years, receiving from that worthy man and in- 
telligent naturalist, regular and faithful accounts 
of the various animals frequenting that vast pro- 
montory. 
Pelecanus Graculus. P. cauda of England the Crane. Wil. 
rotundata corpore nigro sub- orn. 330. 
tus fusco, rectricibus duo- Corvus aquaticus minor. Gra- 
decim, rostroedentulo. Lath. culus palmipes dictus. Rai 
Ind. orn. 887. id. Syn. vi. Syn. av. 123. 
508. ‘Le petit Cormoran. Brisson 
Gm. Lin. 574. av. vi. 516. Hist. dois. vii. 
Brunnich ornith. No. 121. 310. 
The Shag ealled inthe North  <drcé. Zool. ii. 309. 
THe head and neck black, glossed like silk 
with green; the back and coverts of the wings 
of the same color edged with purplish black ; 
the belly dusky and dull, the middle part cine- 
reous ; the tail consists of twelve feathers, dusky 
glossed with green; the legs black; the middle 
toe serrated. Its length two feet six; its extent 
three feet eight inches ; weight four pounds.* 
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* Mr. Montagu considers this as the female, and the preced- 
ing as the male Shag, and says that they are distinguished from 
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