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SOLAN GOOSE. 
united, middle claw broad, inner edge pecti- 
nated. , 
Note . — Great development of wing ; do not dive, 
but seize tbeir prey by plunging. 
THE SOLAN GOOSE. 
Sula basscina. 
PLATE XXI. 
Sula bassana, Briss . — Pelecauus bassana, Linn . — Fou blanc ou 
de bassan, Temm . — Solan Goose, or Gannet, of British au- 
thors. 
The Gannets, though exhibiting a somewhat similar 
structure of feet, differ widely in habits from the 
Cormorants ; and, in their general form, the one is 
that of a bird whose life is to be spent in the 
waters, and the other that of one living in the air. 
The Solan Goose is a summer visitant to our coasts ; 
and although, from its power of flight, it seems to 
be widely scattered, yet its real stations, or breeding 
places, are few and local. The Bass Rock, St. Kilda, 
and Ailsa Craig, have long existed as the Scotch 
localities; while Lundy Island, on the coast of 
