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birds, which swarm along the sea coasts, feeding on fish, tli^ flesh 

 of dead bodies, Sec. Tliey breed in the sand, or in clefts of rock, 

 laying but few eggs. When they fly into the country, bad weather 

 may be expected. Several species are found on the coast of France, 

 and, as their plumage is greatly changed by age, the number has., 

 been still more increased. When young, they are usually spotted 

 with grey. Bufibn calls 



GoELANDS,(l) 



The large species whose size exceeds that of a Duck. One of the 

 largest is, 



Lar. marimis and nwvius^ Gm.; Go'dand a manteau noir^ Enl. 

 990 and 266 (The Great Black-backed Gull), which, at first 

 spotted with white and grey, afterwards becomes all white, with 

 a black mantle; the beak is yellow, with a red spot underneath; 

 feet, reddish. 



Lar. glaucus, Gm.', Burgomestre; Naum. Ed. I, 36, is nearJir 

 as large, and only differs from it in the mantle, which is a light 

 ash colour. Its young also are spotted. (2) The 



MauVES or MoUETTES 



Arc the smallest species. 



Lar. fusciis, L.; J^ar. Jlavipes, Meyer, Frisch, 218; Naum. 

 Ed. I, f. 51, B. (The Silver Gull.) Is all white; the fnantle 

 excepted, which is black; the feet are yellow, 



Lar. ebtirneus, Gm.; Mouettc blanche, Enl. 994. (The Ivory 

 Gull.) All white, with black feet. * From Spitzberg and Green- 

 land: sometimes wanders into Europe. 



Lar. cyanorhynchus, Meyer; Mouette a pieds bleus, Enl. 977, 

 Briss. VI, xvi, 2. (The Common Gull.) When old, of a beauti- 

 ful white, with a light ash coloured mantle; the primary quills 

 of the wing partly black, with white spots at their tips, the feet 

 and bill, lead coloured. Feeds on shell fish. 



Lar. ridibundus^ L. ; L. hybernus, and L. erythropus, Gm.; La 

 M. a pieds rouges, Enl. 969 and 970; Briss. VI, xvii, 1. Is very 

 similar to the preceding, except that when young the tip of the 

 tail is black, and that there are some black and brown on the 

 wing: in spring the head of the adult becomes brown, and re- 

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(1) Go'e'land, a corruption of Gull, Gull-ent. 



(2) M. Temminck disthiguishes the Lar. argentatus, Lath. Enl. 253. Add the 

 Goeland leucomelc, Vieill. 61, and the God. a teie noire du Bengale. [Add L. ca- 

 pisfrfitii.% T cmm. ; L. canus,!.. Enl 977 -.L. argentatus, Brunn. Enl. 253; L. 

 argentatoides, Brehm. Jim. Ed.] 



