Solan, gannet.

Following are a few selected lines to show the spirit of the poem: The hail flew in showers about me; and there I heard only The roar of the sea, ice-cold waves, and the song of the swan; For pastime the gannets' cry served me; the kittiwakes' chatter For laughter of men; and for mead drink the call of the sea mews.

And Gannets, Cormorants, Gulls and other sea-birds can take their fill with ease.

There was, however, plenty of sport on the river, and thousands of wild ducks, gannet, and pelicans, inhabited the little islands in the vicinity, and reared their young there; some of these islands being covered with their eggs.

But the wrath of the waters, The icy-cold way At times the swan's song; In the scream of the gannet I sought for my joy, In the moan of the sea whelp For laughter of men, In the song of the sea-mew For drinking of mead.

I admired the address of the fish-hawks until I saw the gannets.

The gannets kept farther out at sea.

The larger number were in dark plumage, and it was not till a white one appeared that I said with assurance, "Gannets!" With the bright sun on him, he was indeed a splendid bird, snowy white, with the tips of his wings jet black.

The gannets showed themselves only now and then, but the brown pelicans were an every-day sight.

If you are on the beach and catch sight of a bird far out at sea,a gull or a tern, a gannet or a loon,it is invariably the white parts that are seen first.

On the same authority I learn that a Solan goose, or gannet, has been known to visit this stream.

We had a very fine wind for nine days, and on the 29th we saw a gannet, a sure sign we were within a hundred miles of land, for these birds are never seen at a greater distance from it.