There was no sign of any herring; no solan geese sweeping down; no breaking of the water; and none of the other boats, so far as they could make out, had as yet shot their nets.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
Some are pyriform, and some very long and cylindrical, quite the shape of the egg of a Cormorant or solan Goose, or that of a Diver.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
They breed near solan, below Kussowlee, and close to Jerripani, Captain Hutton's place below Mussoorie, in both which localities I have taken their nests myself.
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume