244 SOLAN GOOSE. 



united, middle claw broad, inner edge pecti- 

 nated. 



Note. Great development of wing ; do not dive, 

 but seize their prey by plunging. 



THE SOLAN GOOSE. 



Sula bassana. 



PLATE XXI. 



Sula bassana, Briss. Pelecanus bassana, Linn Fou blanc ou 



de bassan, Temm. Solan Goose, or Gannet, of British au- 

 thors. 



THE Gannets, though exhibiting a somewhat similar 

 structure of feet, differ widely in habits from the 

 Cormorants ; and, in their general form, the one is 

 that of a bird whose life is to be spent in the 

 waters, and the other that of one living in the air. 

 The Solan Goose is a summer visitant to our coasts ; 

 and although, from its power of flight, it seems to 

 be widely scattered, yet its real stations, or breeding 

 places, are few and local. The Bass Rock, St. Kilda, 

 and Ailsa Craig, have long existed as the Scotch 

 localities; while Lundy Island, on the coast of 



