viii THE GANNET 



CHAPTER V. 

 St. Ktlda, Sulisgbir, The Stack - - - - 116 



The St. Kilda group of Islands— Borrera, Stack Lii, Stack 

 an Armine — Early History^Fewer Gannets taken than 

 formerly — Martin's estimate of their Numbers — Dr. 

 Wiglesworth's estimate — Sulisgeir — Its Early History — 

 Mr. Harvie-Brown's visits — The Stack of Suleskerry — 

 Visited by Harvie-Brown in 1887, and by Newton in 1890. 



CHAPTER VL 

 The Bass Rock ------ 167 



The Bass Rock — History of its Gannets from Early Times 

 • — As bequeathed to us by Historians and Travellers — 

 Beginning with the " Scotichronicon " in 1447 — Quotations 

 from Authors, and Criticisms on their Credibility. 



CHAPTER VII. 

 The Bass I^^ock— continued ------ 221 



History of the Bass Rock continued — Its Gannets in 

 Modern Times — Former Extent of their breeding Area — 

 Compared with its present Extent — Number of the Gannets 

 now and formerly — The Letting Value of the Bass Rock — 

 Ray, Willughby and other Naturalists who have visited 

 the Bass. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Gannets in the F.eeoes and Iceland - - - 259 



Gannets' Breeding-places continued — Myggenaes in the 

 Fferoes — Number of Gannets there — The Three Icelandic 

 Settlements — Quotations from the Icelandic Naturalists, 

 Olafsen, Mohr, Faber — Probable Number of Gannets 

 in Iceland. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Gannets on the Coast of Canada - - - . 289 



Gannets in Canada — Jacques Cartier's Discovery of their 

 Breedmg-place — Audubon, the Naturalist Painter — 

 History of Bird Rocks and Bona^'enture, supplied 

 by Mr. F. M. Chapman, Mr. A. C. Bent and ]\Ir. 

 H. K. Job — Estimates of Numbers at these places — 

 Great Manan and Perroquet no longer occupied by Gannets. 



