. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . E., pi. 405. 178 PALMIPEDES. Family PELECANID^. ( Genus Carbo. fMeyer and Wolff.) Generic Characters.—Bill moderate, or long, straiglat, andcompressed, culmen rounded; upper mandible much curvednear the point, hooked; inferior mandible compressed; thebase connected with a membiane which extends to the and throat naked; nostrils basal, linear, hid. Legsstrong, short, much drawn into the abdomen; three toes infront and one behind, the hind toe articulated to the innersurface of the tarsus, all united b
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . E., pi. 405. 178 PALMIPEDES. Family PELECANID^. ( Genus Carbo. fMeyer and Wolff.) Generic Characters.—Bill moderate, or long, straiglat, andcompressed, culmen rounded; upper mandible much curvednear the point, hooked; inferior mandible compressed; thebase connected with a membiane which extends to the and throat naked; nostrils basal, linear, hid. Legsstrong, short, much drawn into the abdomen; three toes infront and one behind, the hind toe articulated to the innersurface of the tarsus, all united by a membrane; claw of themiddle toe serrated on the inner edge. Wings of moderatelength; the first feather slightly shorter than the second,which is the longest. LITTLE CORMORANT. Carho pygmaus. Carbo fygmceus,Felecanus fygmceus,Sydrocorax pygmceus,Phalacrocorax pygmceus,Cormoranus pygmceus, Cormoran pygmee,Zwergscliarhe, Dwarf Shag, Temminck; Man., Dubois; Ois. de la Belgique, part 111, pi. the the LITTLE CORMORANT. 179 Specific Characters.—Beak shorter tlian the head, and slender;tail long, the feathers straight and stiff. Length twenty inchesand a half; from carpal joint to tip seven inches and a half;beak from forehead one inch and three tenths; beak from rictustwo inches; tarsus one inch; middle toe and claw two inches anda half; tail six inches, and, in the specimen figured only ten quills. The Little Cormorant is an inhabitant of the easternparts of Europe and Asia. It is common in Hungaryand Dabnatia, and is found along the shores of theBlack and Caspian Seas. It occurs also in Greece,and occasionally wanders into Germany, Belgium, France,and Italy, but not, as stated by M. Dubois, by mistake,into the British Isles. It is very abundant, accordingto Lord Lilford, in Epirus, in the Ionian Isles, whereit does not appear to have any particular preferencefor salt vv^ater to fresh, as it is often to be fou
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