STEGANOPODES. ( 35 ) PELECANID/E. 



THE GANNET, OR SOLAN GOOSE. 



GAN, HERRING GANT, BASS GOOSE, CHANNEL GOOSE, 

 SPECTACLED GOOSE. 



Sula bassana. 



Wild around their rifled trows, -with frequent cry, 

 As of lament, the Gulls and Gannetsjly. 



SIR WALTER SCOTT. 



ON account of the vicinity of the Bass, the Gannet is seen 

 in considerable numbers on the coast of Berwickshire from 

 April to September, and is generally observed winging its 

 way to or from that well-known breeding station, or fishing 

 off the shore. The earliest date in spring at which its 

 appearance on the coast has been recorded by Mr. Hardy is 

 the 30th of March 1881. It is occasionally found in the 

 interior of the county after tempestuous weather. About 

 the middle of January 187*7 a bird of this species was 

 captured alive and in good condition at Duns Castle Lake, 1 

 and Mr. Charles Watson, Duns, informed me that another 

 was caught near Chapel in October 1882. Mr. W. Leckie 

 states that three examples were observed in Spottiswoode 

 bogs some years ago, having no doubt been driven there by 

 severe weather at sea, and that one of them, which was 

 wounded by Mr. W. Buckholm, shepherd to Lady John 

 Scott- Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, was put into a pond 

 there, where it died. It was afterwards preserved by Mr. 

 W. Eenton. 



i Hist. Ber. Nat, Club, vol. viii. p. 196, 



