GANNET. 



881 



NATATORES. 



PELECANID/E. 



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THE GANNET, 



OR SoLAND Goose. 



Pelecaniis bassanus, The Gannet, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 286. 

 ,, ,, ,, Mont. Ornith, Diet. 



Sula alba Common ,, 



,, bassan. Solan ,, 



,, ,, Common ,, 



>. ,1 Solan ,, 



,, alba, Foil de bassan, 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 408. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 118. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 453. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 263. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xvii. 

 Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 905. 



Sula. Generic Characters. — Bill 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 



