THE GANNET. 319 



Description. 



Scilly Isles. In February they take possession 

 of the rabbit furrows, and then disappear till 

 April ; they lay one egg, and in a short time the 

 young are fit to be taken. They are then salted 

 and barrelled. During the day they keep at 

 sea fishing, and towards evening return to their 

 young, whom they feed by discharging the con- 

 tents of the stomach into their mouths. 



THE G4NNET, OR SOL4ND GOOSE. 



THIS bird, which is about the size of a tame 

 goose, is somewhat more than three feet in 

 length, and weighs about seven pounds. The 

 bill is six inches long: straight almost to the 

 point, where it is a little bent; its edges are irre- 

 gularly jagged, for the better securing of its prey; 

 and about an inch from the base of the upper 

 mandible, is a sharp process, pointing forward. 

 The general colour of the plumage is dirty white, 

 with a cinereous tinge. Surrounding each eye 

 there is a naked skin of fine blue : from the cor- 

 ner of the mouth a narrow slip of naked black 

 skin extends to the hind part of the head; and 

 beneath the chin is a pouch, like that of the pe- 

 lican, capable of containing five or six herrings. 

 The neck is long; the body flat, and very full of 

 feathers. On the crown of the head, and the 

 back part of the neck, is a small buff-coloured 

 space The quill feathers, and some other parts 



