CORMORANT. 
SHAG, 
Phaiacrocorax carro. 
Char. Prevailing color black, with metallic reflections of green and 
purple, the mantle glossed with bronzy brown; the gular pouch bare, 
and yellow in color, and at its base is a white band extending from be- 
neath the eyes acioss the throat. During the s])ring the feathers of the 
nape are elongated and form a mane-like crest, and white hair-like feath- 
ers appear on the head ; also a patch of white is worn on the fl.anks. Bill 
black, shading to yellow at the base ; legs black Length about 36 inches. 
Nest. In a crevice of a sea-washed cliff, or on the flat beach of a lake, 
or in trees by river, — made of large twigs, sometimes mixed with 
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