The brown Gull.
Numb. LXXXV.
tT S Weight was eight Ounces; Length, from the point
1 of the Bill to the End of its Tail, fixteen Inches;
Breadth, when the Wings were expanded, three Foot two
Inches. It is not like a Gull in any thing fave the Bill
and Legs; the Bill is of a horn-colour, one Inch und a
half long, and of a moderate Thicknefs; the Tip which
is hooked, black; the Noftrils oblong ; the Eyes little;
the Irides yellow; the Head, Neck, Back, and covert
Feathers of the Wings of a dusky brown; the Breaft and
Belly more dilute with tranfverfe; Lines of. brown ; the
prime Feathers of the Wings black, as was alfo the 1 ail;
the Legs and Feet of a dusky, yellowilh Colour, and bare
above the Knees; the back Toe fmall, the Claws black.
This Bird was fent me by Sir Robert Jb d j. It was
found dead in his Park, and by its Leannefs it was fup-
pofed to have loft it felf. It ieems to be a non-defcript
Bird: the Cepphus o f. Jldrovcmdus, mentioned by Willoughby,
Tag. 351. has fomewhat like its Bill, but differs
in other Points quite.