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TION. 
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ss fa Ce x . 
GANNET CORVORANT. Crass Il. 
IT have seen sever al of the Shags shot among — 
ge Hebrides, but not one was crested. On the 
authority of the northern naturalists I therefore 
separate them. ie a 

Pelecanus Bassanus. 
cuneiformi, corpore albo, 
rostro serrato, remigibus pri- 
moribus nigris, facie ceerulea. 
Lath. Ind. orn. 891. id. 
Syn. vi. 608. id. Sup. it. 
365. 
Anser Bassanus sive Scoticus. 
Gesner av. 163. 
Aldr. av. 68. 
Sula. Hoieri Clus. ex. 367. 
Hector Boeth. 6. 
Soland Goose. Wil. orn. 328. 
Raii Syn. av. 122. 
Itin. 191. 269. 279. 
Sibb. hist. Scot. 20. tab. g. 
Sib. hist. Fife. 45.47. 
P. cauda- 
Jaen van Gent. Mar tin’ s ' Spit 
berg. 97. hy 
Solan Goose. Martin's VOY. 
St. Kilda. 27. 
Descript. West. Isles. 281. 
Macauly’s hist. St. Kilda. 133. 
Sula Bassana, le Fou de Bas- 
503. 
‘Vill. 
san. Brisson av. vis 
tab. 44. Hist. ois. 
376. Pl. Enl. 278. 
Pelecanus Bassanus. Gm. Lin. 
577. 
Norvegis Sule, Hay-Sul. Brun. 
Rich, Qae) WT ee 
Br. Zool. 160. Arct. Zool il. 
319; BaP ne 
mh te 
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Ri # , 
Tuts species weighs seven pounds: the length 
is three feet one inch; the breadth six feet two 
The bill is six inches long, strait almost 
to the point, where it inclines downwards, and 
the sides are irregularly jagged, that it may hold 
its prey with more security; about an inch 
inches. 
the Corvorant by their inferior weight, and the number of fea- 
thers in the tail; he adds that they breed on our rocky coasts, 
and are never known to visit fresh-water rivers, Or perch on 
trees. Ep. 
