eeffible precipices of that ifland," afid he further remarks 

 " the flefh was eaten and found to be entirely deftitute of that 

 rancid fmell and tafte that afFedls the generality of the cor- 

 morant tribe." 



We have called this fpecies Lophurusy in contradiftindion to 

 Crijiatus, though both terms have the fame meaning ; the latter 

 has been taken up by Dr. Latham, and applied as a fpecific 

 name to the crefted fhag ; our appellation may be retained as a 

 fpecific name to the prefent, fliould further experience con- 

 firm the prefent opinion of its being a diftin£l fpecies. 



Our figure was taken from the fpecimen above alluded to 

 in the London Mufeum. 



