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jme or two inches." 
" The young of the first year may be 
distinguished from those of all the other 
species by their long and slender beak, 
their short tail, and by the broad and 
shining borders which surround the fea- 
thers upon the shoulders. The colour of the 
upper parts is brow slightly tinged with 
green; that of the under parts ash-coloured 
brown more or less approaching to white. 0 
" The plumage of the breeding season 
differs from the above in that, on the be- 
ginning of the spring, there arises at the 
middle of the skull between the eyes, a fine 
tuft of broad and spreading feathers, about 
an inch and a half high, and capable of 
erection; on the back of the head there are 
ten or twelve rather long feathers. There 
are never any white feathers on the neck or 
thighs, as in the Corvorant." 
In the London Museum were two Crested 
Shags, an engraving from one of them was 
sent to G.Montagu, Esq. whose remarks, as 
published in the Supplement to his Diction- 
ary we think necessary to lay before our 
readers previous to giving Mr. Ballock's 
account of those birds. 
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