. The birds of Europe . or the reception of its eggs, which are two, three,or four in number, of an oblong shape and a white colour, with a rough calcareous surface. When firstexcluded from the egg, the young are quite naked, but quickly become covered with thick black down, whichremains a considerable time before it is succeeded by the regular feathers. The adults have the whole of the head, neck, centre of the back, and under surface fine dark green ;the scapularies and wings bronze green, each feather being bordered by a narrow band of velvet black ;quills and tail black; bill blackish horn
. The birds of Europe . or the reception of its eggs, which are two, three,or four in number, of an oblong shape and a white colour, with a rough calcareous surface. When firstexcluded from the egg, the young are quite naked, but quickly become covered with thick black down, whichremains a considerable time before it is succeeded by the regular feathers. The adults have the whole of the head, neck, centre of the back, and under surface fine dark green ;the scapularies and wings bronze green, each feather being bordered by a narrow band of velvet black ;quills and tail black; bill blackish horn colour ; angles of the mouth, skin round the eyes and gular pouchfine yellow ; feet black ; irides green. The young of the year is distinguished by the whole of the upper part of the plumage being brown, slightlytinted with green ; and the under surface brownish ash, more or less inclining to white. The Plate represents an adult in the summer plumage, and the young of the year, about three fourths oftheir natural ©:£ g g Qfl G2 32 m m oo b- DESMARESTS CORMORANT. Phalacrocorax Cormoran de Desmarest. The present bird is a native of the rocky shores of the eastern parts of Europe, or more properly speaking ofthe shores of the Black Sea and its tributary streams, and in these localities would appear to represent ourcommon Shag, a species to which it very closely approximates both in size and general appearance, but on acomparison of the two birds from these different localities, no doubt can exist as to their being specificallydistinct. The present bird, although not inferior in the size of its body, is decidedly superior in the length ofthe wing, while it possesses a much longer and more attenuated bill. Our specimens were received fromM. Temminck, but no account of its habits and manners has been transmitted to us ; we have, however,every reason to believe them to be the same as those of our native species. The head, which is slightly crested, and the nec
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