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BOOBY GANNET. 



reddish, and on the throat dusky black; the prevailing 

 colour of the plumage is white, except the greater 

 quills and wing-coverts, which are black : the sca- 

 pulars are also black at the tips : the tail is wedge- 

 shaped, and consists of fourteen feathers ; their base 

 is white, and the rest of their length black : the legs 

 are red : the central claw is broad and serrated. 

 Inhabits China and New Holland. 



BOOBY GANNET. 



(Sula Australis.) 



Su. corpore albido,Jacie rubra, remigibus primoribus apice nigru 

 cantibus. 



Gannet with the body whitish, the face red, and the primary 



quills dusky at the tip. 

 Pelecanus Sula. Li?iJi. Si/st. Nat. 1. 218. Gmel. S^st. Nat, K 



578. Briss. Orn. 6. 495. Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 892. 

 Anser bassano congener. Rati Sj/n. 191. 

 Fou commun. Buf. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 368.^0/. 29. 

 Booby. Catesb. Carol \. pL 87. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 612. Latk. 



Gen. Hist. x. 439. 



Length two feet six inches : the beak nearly four 

 inches and a half long, denticulated on its edges ; it 

 is grey, with a pale brown base : naked space round 

 the eyes, and on the chin of a yellowish colour : irides 

 pale grey : the head, neck, upper parts of the body, 

 wings, and tail ashy-brown ; the greater quills darkest : 

 the tip of the tail brownish : the breast, belly, thighs, 

 and vent white : the legs pale yellow : the claws grey. 



