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dirty white ; a stripe of pea-green runs down each 

 leg, and branches along each of the toes. 



Its weight 7lb. length 3 feet. 



The young birds during the first year are very un- 

 like their parents, being wholly dusky, spotted with 

 white. 



The female lays 3 white eggs, in a nest composed 

 of grass and sea- weed. 



The lungs and cellular portion under the skin of the 

 gannet is capable of holding 180 cubic inches of air at one 

 time, subject to the will of the bird. (Phil. Trans, vol. 

 69. page 349. 



The cellular membrane of the gannet is infested with an 

 insect, which is described in the 1st vol. of the Trans, of 

 the Werner. Society, under the name of Cellularia bassani. 



Quam multiplicata sunt opera tua, Jehova ! omnia ipsa in sapientia 

 tecisti : impleta est terra possessionibus tuis. Ps. civ. 



