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SULA BASSANA. THE COMMON GANNET. 



SOLAN GOOSE. 



Fig. 86. 



Pelecanus bassanus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 219. 



Pelecanus bassanus. Lath. Ind. Oraith. II. 891. 



Fou blanc. Sula alba. Temm. Man. d'Ornith. II. 905. 



Gannet. Mont. Ornith. Diet, and Supplt. 



Solan Gannet. Sula bassana. Selby, Illustr. Brit. Ornith. 420. 



Sula Bassana. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. Anim. 263. 



Bill hluish-grey ; hare parts about the eyes and hill hlach- 

 ish-hlue; plumage white; head and hind neclx, light yelloicish- 

 red ; primary quills hroionish-hlack. Young dusky, each 

 feather tipped with a small triangular white spot. 



Male in Summer. — The Common Gannet is a large and 

 strongly-constructed bird, having the body of a rather elon- 

 gated compressed oval form ; the neck of moderate length and 

 great thickness ; the head large and roundish. Bill longer 



