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CRESTED SHAG 
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Beak very slender, two inches longer than 
the head; tail very short, composed of 
twelve feathers. 
Cormoran Largup, Temminck 
Carbo cristatus, Crested Shag, Lath. 
Tufted Shag of the Bass Island, Bullock- 
Temminck says " The old birds in win- 
ter have all the plumage of a fine deep 
green, resplendent and glossy ; top of the 
back, scapulars and wing coverts of a fine 
bronze colour : each feather is surrounded 
by a narrow band of beautiful velvety 
black ; the wings do not extend beyond 
the origin of the tail, which is rounded, 
and of a dull black ; base of the beak, and 
the very small guttural pouch of a fine 
yellow ; beak brown ; legs black ; irides 
green. Length (French measure) two feet 
