. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . t duck-like in form,but has a very long, slender bill and long, spreadingtail. The birds breed in colonies on cliffs or rockyislands, though in some parts the, nest is placed in atree near an inland lake. Occasionally frequentingthe seashore and mud flats, the Cormorant is usuallya deep-water feeder, and when floating on the waterthe body is in large part submerged, only the top ofthe back and the neck and head being visible. Whenit dives, the Cormorant springs up and goes downhead foremost, remaining and travelling under wat
. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . t duck-like in form,but has a very long, slender bill and long, spreadingtail. The birds breed in colonies on cliffs or rockyislands, though in some parts the, nest is placed in atree near an inland lake. Occasionally frequentingthe seashore and mud flats, the Cormorant is usuallya deep-water feeder, and when floating on the waterthe body is in large part submerged, only the top ofthe back and the neck and head being visible. Whenit dives, the Cormorant springs up and goes downhead foremost, remaining and travelling under waterfor about half-a-minute ere rising to swallow anyfish it may have captured. It rises heavily from thesea, but afterwards, with long, outstretched neck andrapid wing-stroke, forges strongly ahead, generallyflying low to the water. If there are more than onebird, they proceed one behind another in close Cormorant has the habit of standing for longperiods motionless with outspread wings, either on theshore or on some solitary snag qf rock in the sea. <v. 111 XOf OO
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