( OS ) 



ORD. III. GEN. XII. PELICAN. 



SPE. II. SHAG. 



PL 266. 



Pelecanus graculus. 

 Le petit Cormoran. 



Lin. Syji. I. p. 217. 

 Bri/.Orn. VI. p. 516. 



The fhag is a much fmaller bird than the corvorant, weighing fcarcely four 

 pounds. The bill is four inches long, (lender, both mandibles hooked at the 

 end, of a dull yellow colour, and black at the tip : on the head are a few black 

 filky feathers, curving upwards, fo as to form a creft : the head, neck, and 

 breaft, are gloffy black : throat, and belly, lighter, approaching to a grey ; 

 back, and wings, blueiih black: quill feathers, dull black: tail, black, the 

 middle feathers rather longer than the others, and the under part grey : legs, 

 fhort, and black. 



This is a common fpecies ; breeds in the northern parts of Great Britain, 

 fometimes on trees ; and is a winter inhabitant of every part of the mores of 

 the Britifh Iflands. Like the corvorant it is a great devourer of fi[h, and of 

 a rank, difagreeable fmell. For the egg fee PI. LVIII. 





