THE SHORES OF BRITAIN. lll 
what like the Penguin, but with a pointed beak. 
The Gannet (Sula Bassana) is of the Pelican tribe, 
and is confined, at least in large congregations, to 
one or two localities: of which the principal are the 
Bass Rock on the east coast of Scotland, and St 
ty 
Tue Bass Rock. 
Kilda, the most western of the Hebrides. On these 
rocky isles they assemble in such countless hosts 
that they can only be compared to a swarm of bees, 
er to a shower of snow, the air being filled with 
them. The inhabitants of the latter isle are said 
