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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 SOLAN GOOSE. 



SULA BASSATSA, Bris. 



The Gannet 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 num- 

 bers 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 

 Eock, and other northern parts, where the nests 

 are said to be placed so close together, that it is 

 difficult 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 discoloured. 

 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. 



