Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied Cydalise et le chèvre-pied ("Cydalise and the goat-foot" or "Cydalise and the satyr") is a two-act ballet originally choreographed by Léo Staats to a score by Gabriel Pierné. The libretto was written by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers, based on Remy de Gourmont's "Lettre d'un satyre". Though it was composed between 1914 and 14 February 1915, its Paris Opera premiere was delayed due to the conditions of World War I until 15 January 1923. The use of the French term "chèvre-pied" (goat foot) to refer to the satyr is distinct to this composition.
Little pied cormorant and Ahlquist showed the little pied and long-tailed cormorants formed a group which had diverged early on from other cormorants. This group of "micro-cormorants" assumed the genus name "Microcarbo", initially described by French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1855. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek "mikros" "small", and Latin "carbo" "black". However, most older authorities refer to this species as "Phalacrocorax melanoleucus". Three subspecies are commonly recognised: The little pied cormorant is a small cormorant measuring with a shorter bill and longer tail than the little black cormorant; it has a small black crest. It is found