. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . /^;^^:^^ ^m E, 7 A,l. 1-6. DIBECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 29 in the Gulf of California; accidental on the Banks of New-foundland. B. Gannets. birds of from moderate to large size; white withblack or brown primaries; ^ bill, pointed; space aboutface, naked; gular sac rath-er small, not wholly feath-ered : tail, graduated, withcentral feathers not verymuch elongated; toes, ful-ly webbed; external nos-trils, absent, fig. 30. Nests,placed on the ground, onrocks, and on trees; theyare bulky structures, com-posed of s
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . /^;^^:^^ ^m E, 7 A,l. 1-6. DIBECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 29 in the Gulf of California; accidental on the Banks of New-foundland. B. Gannets. birds of from moderate to large size; white withblack or brown primaries; ^ bill, pointed; space aboutface, naked; gular sac rath-er small, not wholly feath-ered : tail, graduated, withcentral feathers not verymuch elongated; toes, ful-ly webbed; external nos-trils, absent, fig. 30. Nests,placed on the ground, onrocks, and on trees; theyare bulky structures, com-posed of sticks, sea-weed,and other coarse , one or two, E, B, a, 1-10. covered with a chalky incrustation. Flight, steady direct-wmg-beats, rather rapid; turn in air and circle with ease-procure their prey by diving directly downward from a con-siderable height, becoming completely submerged; the feetare usually wholly concealed in flight; walk well and perchon trees with ease. Cries, harsh and loud. Downy youngwhite. Sexes, similar. Tropical, subtropical and temperate. a. GANNETS. as above. 1. GANNET, S. BASSANA. ; white, becoming buffon neck and head; primaries, brownish-black; bill bluishwhite; iris, blue; naked space about face, and gula sac, dark-bluish : fee , bluish with lines of green along tarsi and toes Young, dark-brown, streaked and spotted with white fiff 30upper bird, adult; lower, young. Breeds on islands in theGulf of St. Lawrence in May; migrates north in March andApril, south from Sep., to Nov.; winters from N. E. to Fla. 30 GANNETS, PELICAl^S. 2. BLUE-FACED GANNET, S. cyanops. ; white;primaries
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