cormorant

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


common English bird-name.In Australia the name is applied to the following birds: – – Black Cormorant – – Graculus novae-hollandiae, Steph.

Little C. – – G. melanoleucus, Vieill.

Little-black C. – – G. stictocephalus, Bp. .

Pied C. – – G. varius, Gm.

White-breasted Cormorant – – G. leucogaster, Gould.

White-throated C. – – G. brevirostris, Gould.

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