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COMMON CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax carbo) Holding a fish Date: 1851
Chinese fishermen using cormorants to catch fish on a river 190, and golden carp species, harlequin 188 and sulphur carp 189
Great cormorant (Eurasian), Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Chinese pelican, Pelecanus sinensis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder
Spotted shag or parekareka, Phalacrocorax punctatus (Pelecanus punctatus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824
Cormorant species used for fishing in AsiaCormorant used for fishing in Asia, perhaps a great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, or Japanese cormorant, Phalacrocorax capillatus
Reed cormorant, Microcarbo africanus (Long-tailed cormorant, Carbo longicaudus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library
Chinese men cormorant fishing on a raft in the river, Qing Dynasty. Fishing cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon
Pied Shag Karuhiruhi, Chatham Island ShagPied Shag Karuhiruhi, Phalacrocorax varius varius. Chatham Island Shag, Leucocarbo onslowi. Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand
The green cormorant Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelisThe green cormorant (Shag) (Phalacrocorax aristotelis). Parker, Richard Dunscombe 1805 - 1881
European shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821
Phalacrocorax perspecillatus, spectacled cormorantPhalacrocorax perspecillatus is an extinct species of cormorant, discovered in the Bering Sea. It became extinct c. 1850
Phalacrocorax magellanicus, rock shagFf. 105. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Pelecanus magellanicus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Phalcrocorax carunculatus, rough-faced shagFf. 104. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Pelecanus carunculatus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Phalacrocorax penicillatus, Phalacrocorax pelagicusPlate 412 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London