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The great black and white Gull.
Numb, X C IV .
IT was the higgeft o f all the Gulls I have yet ieen; it
weighed four Pounds and ten Ounces; its length from
the tip o f the Bill to the end o f the Tail was twenty fix
Inches; its breadth from tip to tip o f the Wings diftended
fixty fix Inches; its Bill was orange Colour, comprefled
fideways more than three Inches long, ibmething hooked
at the end, the lower Mandible underneath bunched out
into a Knob very red, the Noftrils oblong.
T h e Irides of the Eyes are of a beautiful red, both Head,
Neck, Breaft, Belly and Tail are white; the middle o f the
Back and the Wings are black, the tips o f the Quill and
covert Feathers white.
The Tail was fix Inches long, made up o f twelve Snow
white Feathers; its Legs and Feet were fieih Colour die
Claws black; it had a imall Back-toe, a wide Mouth, a
long Tongue, and a large Gullet; it preys upon Filhes,
out o f the Stomach of one difledted was taken a Plaiie in-
tire. If had a great Liver divided into two Lobes with a
Gall adhering; ihort and finall blind Guts; a mufculous
Stomach, and an oblong Spleen.
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