. British birds with their nests and eggs . plumes on the. < X The Shag. 169 top of the licad and sides of tlie iieek, or a wliite patch on tlie flanks, as theCormorant does, the Shag; puts on -and then it is one of our handsomest birds—alarge green crest curved forward on the top of the head, which is shed, however,as are the nuptial ornaments in the former bird, when the mating season is over,and the labour of incubation has commenced. The Shag breeds in the end of April, or tlie beginning of Maj; the nestbeing always placed on a ledge, or a cliff face, or bj- preference in the duskyinter
. British birds with their nests and eggs . plumes on the. < X The Shag. 169 top of the licad and sides of tlie iieek, or a wliite patch on tlie flanks, as theCormorant does, the Shag; puts on -and then it is one of our handsomest birds—alarge green crest curved forward on the top of the head, which is shed, however,as are the nuptial ornaments in the former bird, when the mating season is over,and the labour of incubation has commenced. The Shag breeds in the end of April, or tlie beginning of Maj; the nestbeing always placed on a ledge, or a cliff face, or bj- preference in the duskyinterior of a cave, if one is to be found in the neighbourhood. The bird is gre-garious ; and the site of the nests, which are nsuall}- placed close together, iseasily detected by the white streaks, and patches, of evil smelling excrement, whichsmear the rocks below them. The nest is rude, flat, or but little hollowed out,and generally large, but as a rule less than the Cormorant; yet, on the other hand,it may be very scant}. It is chiefly composed of sea-w
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