GANNET. 131 



The eggs are three, four, or five in number, and 

 their original colour is white, but they soon become 

 stained and discoloured. 



GANNET. 



COMMON GANNET. SOLAN GANNET. SOLAND GOOSE. 

 SOLAN GOOSE. 



PLATE CCXII. FIGURE III. 



Pdecanus bassanus, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Sula alba, FLEMING. 



Sula bassana, BRISSON. SELBY. 



/"^ REAT numbers of these birds build together in 

 VJT the same situations, on the sides of precipitous 

 cliffs and rocks, the nests being placed almost close 

 to each other. These are made of sea-weed and grass. 



The egg, for there is only one, is white, with a 

 pale, or, I should rather say, a very pale, tinge of 

 blue. 



Both parents sit; the period of incubation being 

 about six weeks. 



