PLATE LXXIII 



Photo by F. B. Kirkman 



Gannets, nests and young, the latter in three phases- (i) "White down, (2) Down with feathers sprouting, 

 (3) Feathered blackish with white spots 



Photo by F. B. Kirkman 



Young gannet, first phase, with down beginning to sprout. Mouth opened to show what remains 

 of the tongue, the small flat top part of the projection in the lower mandible 



