On the morning of the 14th, after a tremendous storm during 
the previous night, some fine old Cormorants, with hoary necks, 
fine crests, and oval white spot on thighs, were seen constantly 
diving, and bringing up such large fish as seemed almost im- JWh 
possible for them to swallow, but which with much apparent fytL. J 7<e 
difficulty they at length managed to get down. The struggles, 
twistings, and turnings of these big fish in the distended gullet 
of the lialf-choked Cormorant actually gave them the appearance 
of going down at the back of the neck. The following day I saw 
one of these birds, which had alighted perfectly exhausted on a 
heap of stones on the quay of the Great Western Docks. It had 
an immense Mullet in its throat, which I was told it could neither 
get up nor down, allowing itself to be captured with the greatest 
ease. The fish, however, was at length disgorged, but the poor / 
bird did not long survive. f 
