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G.
■ Larus glaucus, Brun. N° 148.— Muller. N° 169.— Faun. Groent. N° 64.
Le Goiland cendré, Brij. Orn. vi. p. 160. 2 ■■— PI. Enl. 253.
Le Goéland à manteau gris, Bnf. Oif. viii. p. 406. pl. 32.
Glaucous Gull, Ar ci. Zool. p. 532. B.
Description. y A R G E R than the Herring Gull. Bill yellow; near the end
an orange fpot : head and under part of the body white :
back and wings of a fine hoary grey ; primaries darkeft, tipped
with white * : legs of a pale fulvous hue.
Place and
Manners.
Inhabits Norway, Lapmark, Greenland, and Spitsbergen. Called
by the Dutch, Burgmeijler, being mafter of all other fea-fowl.
Builds its neft high on the cliffs. Preys on dead Whales : attends
the W2truffes, in order to feed on their dung ; and will deftroy
and eat the young of the Razor-bills. Is' almoft continually on
the wing. Makes a hoarfe noife like a Raven. Feeds alfo on
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fijh, and does not defpife the berries of the black-berried heath.
Dr. Forfter mentioned to me that he met with this lpecies both
at Ferra del Fuego and New Zealand. I have alfo received it
from Hudfon's Bay, twenty-three inches in length, and four feet
in breadth ; but this differed from the defcription of B riffen, in
having fix of the quills black at the ends ; near the tip of the
outer one is a large fpot of white ; on the fécond a fmaller white
fpot on the inner web, near the tip, and the tip itfelf white;
the four next only white at the tips : the fécond quills are white
at the ends : the legs of a brownilh red : claws black.
In Brijfon 3 defcription, only the firft four have the ends black ; all of thefe
are tipped with white ; but the outer one has a black fpot on the white.
Larus
Larus argentatus, Brun. N° 149. 5.
Silvery Gull, Arft. Zool. p. 533. C. SILVERY G.
g I Z E of the Herring Gull. Bill yellow, with an orange fpot: Description.
U head and neck white; ftreaked downwards with cinereous
lines : back and under parts of the body as in the Glaucous Gull:
lower part of the primaries greyilh; upper black; tips white.
Inhabits Norway. In the Britijh Mufeutn is one very much Place.
like the above : length near fixteen inches : bill one inch and a
half long : quills marked as in the other ; but the two firft have
the ends tipped with white for near an inch, the others only juft
a fpot; but only fix of the prime quills had the ends black: the
bill and legs were pale; but as this bird had been in fpirits fome
time,, nothing certain could be faid about them.
WAGED G.
Larus nzevius, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 225. £v
Larus maculatus, Brun. N° 146. (a young bird ?)
Larus varius, Brun. N° 150.
Le Goiland. varie, ou le Grifard, BriJ. Qrn. vi. p. 167. 5. pi.''1$.— Buf.
Oif viii. p. 413* pi. 33.— PI. Enl. 266.
Wagel, Burgo-Mafter of Groenland, great Grey Gull, Rait Syn. p. 130.
A. 13.— Will. Qrn. p. 349. pi. 66.
Wagel, Br. Zool. ii. N* 247. A,— ArS. Zool. 1^453.
Br. Muf. Lev. Muf.
^JpHIS is a large fpecies, being near two feet in length, and in Description.
breadth about five * : weight near three pounds. The bill
is black 3 two inches and a half long : irides dufky : the whole
• Sometimes as far as five feet fix inches.— Br. Zool.
IQ ' plumage
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