594 CLASS AVES. 



They are named from the stupidity with which they 

 suffer themselves to be attacked by men and birds, 

 especially by the Frigates, who strike, and thereby 

 compel them to abandon the fish they have caught. 

 The most common species is 



TJie Gannet, Pel. Bassanus. Lin. Enl. 278. Brit. 

 Zool. pi. 50. Naum. Sup. 56, f. 106. 



White ; the first quills of the wings, and the feet, 

 are black ; the bill is greenish ; nearly as big as a 

 goose. Its name is taken from a small island in the 

 gulf of Edinburgh, where they breed greatly, 

 although they cover but one egg at a time. They 

 come often on our coasts in winter. The young is 

 brown, spotted with white. Enl. 986. The other 

 species are not as yet sufficiently determined. 



Dysporus Capensis. Licht. 



White ; all the quills and tail feathers, black ; base 

 of shafts, white. Length, thirty-four inches. All the 

 wing-coverts, white. Cape of Good Hope. Mus. 

 Berlin. 



Booby. Pel. Sula. L. Enl. 973. Gates. I. 875. 

 Vieill. Gal. 277. 



Belly and vent, white ; when young, all brown. 



To these may be added — 



Le.'iser Gannet. Pelecanus Piscator. Lath. Dys- 

 porus Piscator. Illiger. Mus. Berlin. 



