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May, 1807, on the Bass Island, in the 
Frith of Forth, where they are believed to 
breed and remain the whole year ; the ge- 
neral appearance, both in size and colour, 
was nearly similar to the common Shag, 
and the number of tail feathers the same ; 
the most striking difference arises from a 
singular tuft of forty-six narrow and nearly 
straight feathers, two inches long, standing 
close together upright, with a slight 
bend forward on the front of the forehead, 
in so remarkable a way as at once to distin- 
guish it from any discribed species. The 
origin of the lower mandible, and the naked 
pouch under the throat, was of a bright 
yellow, approaching to orange, with small 
spots of black; the irides, a beautiful 
grass green, and it had no bare space 
round the eyes ; the ovaries of both speci- 
mens contained a number of small eggs, 
and from the account of the person who 
takes the young Gannets at the Bass, and 
who possesses considerable knowledge of the 
birds that visit it, there can be little doubt 
of its being a new species, and of its rear- 
ing its young in the inaccessible precipices 
