Solan Goose.
The gannet. (French, Oie de Soland (ou) dʹÉcosse; Icelandic, sula.)
The gannet. (French, Oie de Soland (ou) dʹÉcosse; Icelandic, sula.)
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.