. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDa. 63. 117. Gannets and Nests. The White Gannet, or Solan Goose, is widely distributed throughout the North- ern Atlantic Ocean, and is more or less a resident wherever found. Some of the most noted breeding places of this bird are on the islands about the coasts of Scot- land, nbtably the great Bass Rock at the mouth of the Firth of Forth. Here it breeds in tens of thousands, with the Gulls, Cormorants and PuflSns that inhabit the rock. Another of its breeding stations is St. Kilda. The precipitous cliffs at this place
. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDa. 63. 117. Gannets and Nests. The White Gannet, or Solan Goose, is widely distributed throughout the North- ern Atlantic Ocean, and is more or less a resident wherever found. Some of the most noted breeding places of this bird are on the islands about the coasts of Scot- land, nbtably the great Bass Rock at the mouth of the Firth of Forth. Here it breeds in tens of thousands, with the Gulls, Cormorants and PuflSns that inhabit the rock. Another of its breeding stations is St. Kilda. The precipitous cliffs at this place rise to the height of liOO feet. Here the Gannet breeds in countless numbers. This bird also nests on the Faroe Islands and upon islands on the coast of Iceland. Small colonies are to be found breeding in Labrador. One of its well-known breed- ing places on the coast of North America is "Bird Rocks," in the Gulf of St. Law- rence. The nests are built on the summits and ledges of the rocks. They are made of sea-weed, mud and small stones, raised to about ten inches in height and eighteen in diameter. In some cases the nest is made of, straw and other available material. A single egg is It resembles very much the average Brown Pelican egg, with, however, these differences: Its general shape is more elongated, and the cal- careous deposit on it is thicker; the color is chalky-white; sizes range from to long by to broad. 118. ANHIITGA. Anhinga anliinga (Linn.) Geog. Dist.—Tropical and sub- tropical America, north to the Carolinas and Southern Illinois. Known as the Water Turkey, Darter and Snake Bird. It of ten swims with the body submerged, its head and long neck in sight like some kind of water serpent— hence the latter name. This singular-looking bird is very common in summer in the South Atlantic and Gulf States to North Carolina, frequenting the almost impene- trable swamps. It is a constant resident of Florida. The bird dives with ama
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