﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  169 
  

  

  Length 
  30 
  inches; 
  extent 
  50; 
  wing 
  14. 
  5-16. 
  5; 
  tail 
  6.5-9.5; 
  bill 
  3.25-4; 
  

   gape 
  5; 
  tarsus 
  1.5- 
  1.9; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  3.5. 
  

  

  The 
  Booby 
  inhabits 
  the 
  tropical 
  seas 
  of 
  America 
  and 
  sometimes 
  strag- 
  

   gles 
  northward 
  to 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  New 
  England. 
  A 
  specimen 
  

   in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  Long 
  Island 
  Historical 
  Society 
  was 
  taken 
  on 
  Moriches 
  

   bay, 
  Long 
  Island 
  [see 
  Dutcher, 
  Auk, 
  10:270]. 
  Its 
  occurrence 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  

   was 
  purely 
  accidental. 
  

  

  Sula 
  bassana 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

   Gannet 
  

  

  Plate 
  9 
  

  

  Peiecanus 
  bassanus 
  Linnaeus. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  Ed. 
  10. 
  1758. 
  1:133 
  

   Sula 
  americana 
  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  295, 
  fig. 
  269 
  

   Sula 
  bassana 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  117 
  

  

  hassd'na, 
  of 
  Bass 
  rock, 
  the 
  famous 
  nesting 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

  

  Description. 
  White; 
  primaries 
  and 
  their 
  coverts 
  blackish; 
  head 
  and 
  

   neck 
  washed 
  with 
  light 
  yellow 
  ; 
  bill 
  bluish 
  gray 
  ; 
  lores, 
  gular 
  sack 
  and 
  feet 
  

   blackish 
  ; 
  iris 
  yellowish 
  white. 
  Young: 
  grayish 
  brown, 
  spotted 
  with 
  white 
  ; 
  

   belly 
  mostly 
  white; 
  bill 
  and 
  feet 
  dusky; 
  iris 
  green. 
  

  

  Length 
  30-40.5 
  inches; 
  extent 
  72 
  ; 
  wing 
  17-21 
  ; 
  tail 
  9-10; 
  bill 
  4; 
  gape 
  6; 
  

   tarsus 
  2 
  ; 
  middle 
  toe 
  and 
  claw 
  4. 
  

  

  The 
  Gannet 
  occurs 
  on 
  our 
  coast 
  as 
  a 
  regular 
  spring 
  and 
  fall 
  migrant 
  

   March 
  20 
  to 
  May 
  10, 
  and 
  October 
  5 
  to 
  December 
  20 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  are 
  observed 
  

   in 
  winter, 
  "3 
  to 
  4 
  miles 
  out 
  over 
  the 
  cod 
  grounds." 
  On 
  rare 
  occasions 
  

   it 
  wanders 
  to 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  At 
  Canton, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  December 
  10, 
  

   1879, 
  3- 
  specimen 
  was 
  captured 
  on 
  the 
  Grasse 
  river 
  [see 
  Lee, 
  N. 
  O. 
  C. 
  Bui. 
  

   5:190]; 
  on 
  Saratoga 
  lake, 
  November 
  11, 
  1880 
  [see 
  (Rich) 
  Merriam 
  O. 
  & 
  O. 
  

   6:96]. 
  

  

  The 
  Gannet 
  or 
  Solan 
  goose 
  inhabits 
  the 
  North 
  Atlantic, 
  breeding 
  on 
  

   rocky 
  cliffs 
  from 
  Nova 
  Scotia 
  northward, 
  especially 
  Bird 
  Rock 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  

   of 
  St 
  Lawrence, 
  and 
  Bass 
  Rock, 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth. 
  They 
  feed 
  on 
  fish, 
  which 
  

   they 
  secure 
  by 
  diving 
  from 
  a 
  considerable 
  hight 
  in 
  the 
  air 
  and 
  pursuing 
  

   under 
  water. 
  

  

  