GANNET. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Pelicanus Bassanus. P. cauda cuneiformi, corpore albo, rostro 
remigibusque primoribus nigris, facie 
cserulea. Linn , Syst. Nat. Gmel. 1. 
p. 577- 
Tail wedge-shaped, body white, great 
wing feathers black the face blue. 
Anseu Bassanus. Sib. Scot. 2. p. 2. 
t. g. f. 2 . 
Sula Bassana. Briss. Av. 6. p. 503. 
n. 4. t. 44. 
Soeand Goose. Will. Orn , p. 328. 
t. 63. Alb. Av. 1. t. 86. 
Gannet Buff. Birds, v. 8. p. 341. Penn. Brit. 
Zool. 2. p. 612. pi. 103. Arctic Zool. 2. 
p. 582. n. 510. Lath. Syn. 3. p. 608. 
no. 25. Bew. Birds, 2. p. 3Q3. 
In the Firth of Forth rises a stupendous rock, 
called the Bass-isle, which is famous for the resort 
of this bird, and from whence it has taken its spe- 
cific name. The neck of the Gannet is very long ; 
the body flat, and very full of feathers ; the crown 
of the head, and a small space on the hind part of 
the neck, are buff-coloured ; the rest of the plumage 
is white, except the quill feathers and some other 
vol. r. 2o 
