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:Xeina atrici4Iitt; •
Lams atricilia, Imw
La. .iio u tte it. aides mm1
figured I
vjwtekii' iM fin# under u&jijitftj
¡(■jlT’tl wi'tli EMi!- fttticijM of wS. i ‘j.13
IV ilson, who iiuFiiijdt.'i cd it to he
Ear xpe no l
title o f mjmlfM we wo u ld beg to observe that it sfootthl n o t'
ok, itf iie b uimsc in os ne c e s s a rily fe ll i n ' • C'mjwooence
¿ccs- of Anterica, a n d wa*, >ve believe, the only .peck's of Gull
fpue atrkiUu of Linmjriis. O f 'the-capture Of tHi* bird: tn
i t h a t g iv en in tlie p u b lic a tio n s o f Mofttagu, whose original
specimen, now its the British Museum, has afforded u s a n o p p o rti
tlW American bird. B e n e a th w e h a v e a n n e x e d th e a c c o u n t g iv
‘ distinctions between it- and th e e om in o n sp e c ie s , Xema- ritMarubn
five o f them feeding in a pool upon .the shingly 'fla ts n e a r W hiche
otltwrii cviwe mottled all over w ith b row n . O n e iff th em w a s shot,
to »‘eso? i ' v!;<; j !aoi; fo r som e tittie,: th e o ld onefi .were i
o t h e ^ ihiiio. jflirifiiBga i a S u s s e x . T h e y may e a sily be Ikupwo frot
‘ihw- th e b ird a p p e a r s ttwwfb la r g e r a n d th e ta il s
I p m ode o f l u d i t a t t f ) ||S| i| sp e
upon the rjp&wc/«#•#*£ fssberui&u o r a n y abisiwil Thro
scattered over tfeai'shcs a n d nesvlyHliiottglieiS Im'iift ii'tiioiy eitgst®«
larvie. it usuttllv breed* io the marshes near die ciwif, and
, marked with irregular patches of jwtje purplish broiv».
The whole of the head and-ilie if j;p o r p o r t o f the n e c k a r e blue
the neck, all the under t?arfa.ee, ami mil p u r e white; p rim a rie s,
tips, which are white ; the r em a in d e r of th e u p p e r s a r f a c e mwi
edge of the shoulder and the tip s o f th e s e c o n d a r ie s ; bill r e d ; ft
We have figured an adnlt o f the natural size.
leterminfn^it to be identical with
intagui, ifrho clearly points out the i;
he uionth of August 1774, . we saw
MiaUr.were black on’the head, the
ough the, remaining four continued
o be procured. . We also saw two
ek>keaded Gull even while ffvsitff
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