GANNET. 



STEOANOPODES. 



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PELECANIDjF.. 



SuLA BASSAKA (LinniTeus*). 

 THE GANNET, 



OR SOLAN GOOSE. 



Sula alba. 



Sola fiWsson t.-BiU strong, long, forming an elongated 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 



• Pelecanus Bassanvs, Linnasus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 217 (1766). 

 I Ornithologie, vi. p 494 (1760). 



