BRITISH BIRDS. 
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the hinder part of each thigh : the reft of its plu- 
mage is the fame as that of the preceding fpecies ; 
its charafter is alfo fimilar. 
It is not yet clearly afcertained whether this is a 
variety of the laft, or a diftind fpecies, or whether 
it is the Corvorant in the garb of its higheft adult 
ftate. Latham inclines to the latter opinion, and 
fuppofes the ftreaked head and different markings 
of its plumage to be acquired only by age. Buffon, 
in his Planches Enluminees, has given its figure as 
the Corvorant ; and Pennant, differing from them, 
makes it a fpecies of the Shag. Mr Tunftall was 
in doubt on this fubjed, but difcovered, by diffec- 
tion, that the whitenefs under the chin and on the 
thighs is not confined to the males, for one with 
thefe marks, which was fent to him out of Holder- 
nefs, in Yorkfliire, in 1775, was full of eggs. The 
above figure was taken from the fpecimen in his 
mufeum. 
