in the other, is the general colour of the reft o f the plumage:
legs reddifh brown: middle toes ferrated : neither of thefe were
bare on the fides of the head, nor had any appearance-aft a pouch
on the under mandible. Not far different from the above is one
mentioned by OJbeck*. In his bird the cere at the bafe of the
bill (he fays) is blue, and extends to the eyes; the temples, or
fides of the head, being naked: the tongue large, almoft trifid at
the top; the corner at the bottom fplit: the head, fore part of
the neck, breaft, and belly, white: the general colour of the reft
of the plumage black: tail forked, giving the idea of a pair of
fcijfars : legs black.
Place and This he met with at the IJle of Afcenfion, where it is. very tame,.
anners. and [joes not appear t0 be afraid of mankind. He fuppofes it inr
capable of filhing for itfelf, as he obferved it to be on the watch
till feme other bird had caught a fijh ; which it immediately pur-
fued, and obliged the fuccefsful captor to render up his prey; by
returning it by the mouth, on which this depredator feized the
fijh, and ceafed further perfection-
»a- T ENGTH three feet two inches- Bill five inches and a half loner.
PALMERSTON 1 I . ,
FR. p. anu hooked at the end, as ;n thejCorvorant: colour black; fpace
Description, round the eyes well feathered : the upper part of the head, neck,
and body, brown, with a greenilh glofs r. the wing coverts neareft
the body dark gloffy green: fore part of the neck mottled brown
and white; the reft o f the under parts white vent black : tail
forked; the lhafts of all the feathers white : legs dulky black j
the middle claw ferrated on the infide.
Voj.\\. p. By.— Aman. Acad. iv. p. 238. N# 7.
Inhabits
Inhabits the ifland of Palmerfton, in the South Seas. In the collection
of Sir Jojejjh Banks.
Place.
Pelecanus Carbo, Lin.SyJl.i. p. 216. 3.— Faun. Safe. N° 14.5.— Scop. Ann.
i. N°98.— Brun. N° 120, 122.—Muller, N° 146, 148.— Georgi Rei/e, p.
169.— Fr'tfch. t. 187.— Nov. Com. Petr, iy. p. 423.— Faun. Groenl.
N° 57.
Le Cormoran, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 511. i. pi» 45.— Byf. Oif. viii. p. 310.
pi. 26.—Pl.Enl. 927.
Cormorant, Rati Syn. p. 122. A. 3.—Will. Orn. p. 329. pi. 6$%—‘All>iHt
ii. pi. 81.— Br. Zool. ii. N° 291.— Ar£l. Zool. N° 509.
Lev. Muf.
g I Z E of a Goo/e, but more flender : length as far as three feet, or
even more : breadth four feet two inches : weight feven
pounds. The bill is dulky, three inches and a half long; the
upper mandible hooked at the end, and a furrow runs longitudinally
from the bafe great part of its length, but no appearance of
noftrils ; the under mandible is covered with a kind of yellowilh
green cere, extending under the chin and throat, and forming
there a kind of pouch, and from thence extends backwards, and
paffes round the eyes: the irides are green : the top of the head,
and part of the neck, are black, variegated with perpendicular
lines of white; at the back part the feathers are longer than the
reft, forming a Ihort creft: the throat white, pafiing upwards behind
the eyes : the lower part of the neck, the breaft, and all the
under parts, greenilli black; over the thighs a large patch of
white : the back, fcapulars, and wing coverts, are of a brownilh
colour, reflecting in different lights purple and green ; each feather
margined with black ; the fecond quills nearly the fame as
V ol. I ll, 4. G the
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4-CORVORANT.
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