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THE G AN NET. 



SuLA BASSANA (Linnosus). 



The Gannet, or Solan Goose, is a resident within British waters, 

 though its abundance in difterent locahties varies with the season of 

 the year. The only breeding-place in England is on Lundy Island, 

 where, however, few birds are allowed by the egg collectors to rear 

 their young; while in Wales there is a larger colony on Grassholni, 

 off the coast of Pembrokeshire. In Scotland there arc well-known 

 stations on the Bass Rock, on the east, and Ailsa Craig on the 

 west side ; also at Boreray in the St. Kilda group ; Sulisgeir, or 

 North Barra, on which from 2,000 to 3,000 birds are sometimes 

 taken in a season ; and the Stack of Suleskerry, about forty miles 

 west of Stromness. In Ireland there is a large colony on the 

 Bull Rock, off Dursey Head, co. Cork, and a small one 

 on the Little Skellig : but the statement that the Gannet 

 nests on the Fastnet is erroneous, and it has certainly not done 



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