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Col. Montagu informed me, that on the rocky coast of Tenby, in 

 Wales, they are more numerous than the Corvorants; but they breed 

 together, having taken the young of both from the same rocks, not 

 many yards distant from each other, though there were at least 

 twenty of the Shag to one of the other ; and we may conclude, that 

 the Corvorant greatly prefers places of more difficult access. The 

 Shag, too, is more tenacious of the nest, and less shy than the 

 Corvorant, as she scarcely quits it till the hand approaches her, 

 shewing many signs of defence, by stretching out the neck, and 

 snapping her bill. 



Both the Shag and Corvorant are well known about Sandwich, 

 where they are equally called Cole-Goose; and in some parts Green 

 Corvorant, and Skart. 



This species inhabits Sweden, Norway, and Iceland, and said to 

 have formerly built in the trees of the Wood of Sevenhuys, near 

 Leyden, in Holland. 



In the account of the Shag given by Willughby, as also that of 

 Brisson, the chin is said to be white, and the under parts more or 

 less inclining to ash-colour. Linnaeus observes, that the Shag and 

 Corvorant agree in all things but size, and that the whole under side 

 from chin to thighs is marked with testaceous white spots; and even 

 supposes it to be merely a young Corvorant:* but this bird having 

 fourteen feathers in the tail, and the Shag but twelve, seems to decide 

 this matter indisputably. This indecision, we believe, has arisen 

 from various authors having taken descriptions from younger Cor- 

 vorants, which vary exceedingly. 



The Shag said to be found very far to the southward ; Captain 

 Cook having met with it in the Isle of Georgia, in vast numbers, 

 as well as Penguins, insomuch that one Island has obtained the 



* Linnaeus separates the Pelican Genus into two divisions ; the one with the edges of 

 the mandible seriated, the other smooth ; but, by mistake, the separation takes place before 

 his Graculus, or Shag ; whereas it should not have done so till after the description of that 

 bird, or before Peleeanus Bassanus.— See Syst. Nat. i. 217. 



