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The brown headed Gull.
Numb. LXXXVI.
IT S Weight was feven Ounces and a half; Length,
from the Point of the Bill to the End of the Tail,,
was iixteen Inches ; Breadth, when the Wings were extended,
thirty eight Inches; its Bill was red, iharp-pointed,
and a little bending; the under Mandible bunches out
into an Angle; the Eyes are black, the Irides red, and
encompailed with a broad Circle of white Feathers; the
Head and Throat were of a browniih Colour, towards
the Neck more dusky, as it were ending in a Shadow.
The whole Body is white with a Tincture of pale yel-
lowiih green, excepting the Back and outer covert Feathers
of the Wing, which were aih-coloured; the prime
Feathers of the Wings were black, their exteriour Webs
white.
The Tail was almoft five Inches long, made up of
twelve white Feathers of equal Length.
Its Legs and Feet were of the fame Colour of the Bill;
the Claws black, crooked, and fmall; the back Toe fmall.
Thefe Birds are very frequent in the River Thames near
Grave/end.