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a wall, as has been observed in Denmark, Norway, 
and Sweden. It lays four or five eggs of a greyish 
white, spotted with pale orange coloured brown. 
GANNET. 
Common, oR Svtan Goose. 
Sura Bassana, Bris. 
This species is found in various parts of the coast, 
and changes its locality with the season of the year. 
It has been observed in the Baltic, the west coast of 
Norway, Iceland, &c., and in considerable numbers 
on the Newfoundland coast. It has been seen as 
far south as Madeira and South Africa. This sea 
bird breeds in the Hebrides, St. Kilda, the Bass 
Rock, and other northern parts, where the nests 
are said to be placed so close together, that it is 
dificult to walk without treading on some of them. 
In the nest, formed of turf, weeds, and grass, 
they deposit a single egg, which, when first 
laid, is of a chalky white, but soon becomes dis- 
coloured. When the young birds are hatched, 
they are naked, but soon become covered with 
white down, through which the true feathers appear. 
These in the young are black, but in the adult | 
state are changed to white. 
