100 SOLAND GANNET. 



nearly to the tip : the throat is naked, as well as 

 the orbits : the claw of the middle toe is denticu- 

 lated : their wings are long. They swim with facility, 

 though rarely, but do not dive ; they are almost per- 

 petually on the wing, and bathe themselves while 

 flying, in the waves of the ocean ; their nourishment 

 consists chiefly of such fish as swim near the surface 

 of the water : they nidificate in large flocks on the 

 plane ledges of rocks, &c. laying generally two or 

 three eggs. These birds have been called Boobies 

 by our sailors, and Fous by the French, on account 

 of their alleged stupidity in allowing themselves to 

 be knocked down without attempting to move ; and 

 also for allowing the Frigate and other birds to compel 

 them to disgorge their prey. 



SOLAND GANNET. 

 •4~(Su]a bassana.) 



Su. corpore albo, facie cccruled, remigibus primoribus nigris. 

 Gannet with the body white, the face blue, and the primary quills; 



black. 

 Pelecauus bassanus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 217. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



I. 577- Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 891. 

 Anser bassanus. Raii Syn. 122. A. 

 Sula Hoieri. Rail Syn. 123. 

 Sula bassana. Briss. Orn. 6. 503. pi. 44. 

 Fou de bassan. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 376. Buff. PL Enl. 271 . 



Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1 . 526. Tcmin. man. iV Orn. 593. Id. 2 Edit. 



ii. 905. 

 Soland Goose, or Gannet. Alb. Birds, I. pi. 86. Perm. Brit. 



Zool. 2. 293. ;>/. 103. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 510. Lath. Gen. 



