Cormorant] A bird which by diving into the water (as the name in Latine signifieth) taketh fishes; the Vulgar Translation renders the Originall word Shalach by the word This, which signifieth an Egyptian bird somewhat high with stiffe legges, and a long bill, which doth good service in that Countrey by killing the Serpents brought out of Lybia with Southerne windes, against which the Egyptians make their prayers unto Ibis for preservation from them, Plin. lib. 10. chap. 28.