The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . ils are like a littleline, which does not seem to be pervious. The middle claw has a serrated inner edge. [Tail stiff andcuneated. It may be added, thai the feet are placed backwards, in adaptation to diving habits, but arestill tolerably free, these bu-ds employing both the wings and feet in subaquatic progression. Theirvoracity is proverbial: and their intelligence surpasses that of most other birds, as does hkewise theirdocility: hence they were formerly t
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . ils are like a littleline, which does not seem to be pervious. The middle claw has a serrated inner edge. [Tail stiff andcuneated. It may be added, thai the feet are placed backwards, in adaptation to diving habits, but arestill tolerably free, these bu-ds employing both the wings and feet in subaquatic progression. Theirvoracity is proverbial: and their intelligence surpasses that of most other birds, as does hkewise theirdocility: hence they were formerly trained in Europe for fishing, as Hawks are for fowUng, and theyare stiU so employed in the East. The species are exceedingly numerous, and some are found almosteverywhere. Two are very common on the British coasts. The Bronzed Cormorant [Pel. carbo, Lin.).-Size of a Gooze, and bronzed black, with fourteen tail-feathersBoth sexes develope, towards the breeding season, various accessory ornamental feathers about the head andneck, at which time the naked skin becomes brightly coloured, and a tuft of white feathers glows upon each s 2. 260 aVES. flauk. These oi-nameiits fall in a few weeks, and are but imperfectly developed in younger individuals, andseldom except in a state of perfect liberty. In some parts of Europe, this species builds upon house-tops, and notunfrequently on trees: but on the British coast, they mostly resort to precipitous rocks or islets, generally insociety. From their croaking voice, dark colour, and appearance on the wing, they are often termed Sea can climb with considerable facility, aided by the beak and rigid tail-feathers. Occasionally they fly to inlandwaters and (ish-preserves, where they are notoriously destructive, and are observed to evince a marked preferencefur Eels. The other species, or Crested Cormorant, {PItal. cnstatus, Glass), is smaller, and less robust, with only t^velve tail-feathers ; its glosses incline more to green, and
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