TOTIPALMATE SWIMMERS. bi 



this, going as far as Florida. It returns 

 north in March and Aprih 



It feeds quite near land and ma3^ be seen 

 off nearly all of the exposed ocean beaches 

 diving and flying about. It differs from all 

 gulls in the downward plunge, often from a 



Fig. 44. 



Gannet. 1-9. 



considerable height, and in the silvery gleam 

 of its plumage. Gulls sometimes dive, but 

 never with such force as does the Gannet, 

 which in its downward rush sends the water 



