Posted by Alan Hakim on December 05, 2002 at -1:08:26 from 212.137.166.185 user awhakim.
In Reply to: cormorants or shags? posted by Jonathan Labaree on December 04, 2002 at 21:35:59:
My bird book (Collins) says: SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis Smaller than Cormorant and with steeper forehead.
The Cormorant is Phalacrocorax carbo.
These are European birds, of course.