GANNKT. 



STEGANOPODES. 



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PELE(JANID.¥.. 





SULA BASSAXA ( IjillllilMlS*) , 



THE GANNET, 



OR SOLAN OOOSK. 



Sa\(i (dha. 



SuLA, lirinsonf. — Bill strong, long, formiDg an elougated cone, very large at 

 its base, compressed towards the point, which is slightly curved ; edges of the 

 mandibles serrated ; the angle of the gape behind the line of the eyes. Face 



* Pekcnnus Bassanns, Linnaius, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 217 (IZdti). 

 t Ornithologie, vi. p 494 (1760). 



