CHAPTER II. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE GANNET. 



Geographical Distribution of the Gannet — Its Distribution 

 in Winter — Not tlie same as in Summer — An enumeration of its 

 fifteen Breeding Places — of which nine are in the British Isles — 

 all, except one, on the West Coast. 



It has not been sufficiently insisted upon in works on 

 natural history that nearly all birds have two geographical 

 distributions varying according to the season, and to give 

 a complete summary of their habitat, one must keep that 

 for winter apart from that for summer. 



Distribution in Winter* — The area occupied by the Gannet 

 in winter greatly overlaps that which it occupies in summer ; 

 including not less than fifty degrees of latitude, but that is 



* Much account cannot be taken of strayed Gannets picked up in 

 Belgium and France, e.g., one at Toul (Godron)^ and two in January, 

 1877, in Sarthe (Gentil), and others in Germany, e.g., in Hessen (A. G. 

 Preuschen) and in Brandenburg. Dr. B. Borggreve saj's it has occurred 

 at Neuwied, and three times in Munsterland (" Vogel F. V. Norddeuts.," 

 1869, p. 136), and H. Schalow cites one in Bohemia ("Journ. f. Orn.," 1876, 

 p. 6). In Norway Prof. CoUett reports one on Lake SUdre Fjord, Valders, 

 another on Lake Store, Lee, and a third in April, 1892, on Lifjeld in 

 Thelmarken. A Gannet was obtained in Ihe Adriatic ("B. of Tunisia," 

 p. 159), and another off Beirut ("Ibis," 1910, p. 491). Stragglers inland 

 have been found at Michigan and Ontario ("Auk," 19()(), pji. 275, 443). 



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