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CHAPTER XIII. 
Plate XXV. — claw of the heron, and bill of the solane 
GOOSE. 
Fig. 1. The middle claw of the heron. 
Fig. 2. The head of the Solandgoose, (pelicanus bassanus) drawn 
from a specimen in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. This bird 
inhabits the coldest parts of Great Britain, more especially the north¬ 
ern isles of Scotland. The inhabitants of St. Kilda make it their 
principal article of food, and are said to consume annually near 
30,000 young birds, beside an amazing quantity of eggs. 
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