66 GANXETS. 



The flight is steady and direct with 

 necks outstretched and rapid wing beats, but 

 the birds can turn in air with ease. They 

 procure their prey by diving directly down- 

 ward, often from a considerable height, be- 

 coming completely submerged in the wa- 

 ter. 



The feet are usually wholly concealed in 

 flight. The birds walk well and perch on 

 trees with ease. Sexes, similar. The 3^oung 

 in tlie down are white. 



36. GANNET. 



A large bird of a peculiar silvery white 

 but becoraming buff about the head and 

 neck. The primaries look black and the bill 

 whitish. Fig. 44. The A'oung are dark- 

 brown streaked and spotted with white, fig. 

 45. Length, 39. 



The Gannet breeds in the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence in May, migrating south from Sep. 

 to Nov. Some few winter off the coast of 

 New England but more abundantly south of 



