5 28 BLACK BACKED GULL. Class II, 



G% J 1 1 ^^L ftrong, ftrait, bending near the end •, an an- 

 gular prominency on the lower mandible. 

 NOSTRILS linear. 

 TONGUE a little cloven. 

 BODY light, winizs large. 

 LEG and back toe fmall, naked above knee, 



242. Black Wil. cm. 344. Faun. Suec.fp. 155. 



backed. Raiifyn.av.iz-j. Danis Blaae maage, Norvegi'f 

 Le Goiland noir. BriJJbn a<v. Svartbag, Havmaafe. Brun- 



VI. 158. " nich 9 145. 



Larus marinus. Lin. fyft. zz$. Br. Zoo/. 140. 



Descrip. *TpHE weight of this fpecies is near five pounds : 

 the length twenty-nine inches : the breadth 

 five feet nine. The bill is very ftrong and thick, 

 and almoft four inches long ; the color a pale 

 yellow ; but the lower mandible is marked with a 

 red fpot, with a black one in the middle. The 

 irides yellow : the edges of the eye-lids orange co- 

 lor: the head, neck, whole under fide, tail and 

 lower part of the back, are white : the upper part 

 of the back, and wings, are black: the quil- 

 feathers tipt with white : the legs of a pale flefh 

 color. 



This kind inhabits our coafts in fmall numbers; 

 and breeds in the higheft cliffs. It feeds not only 

 on fifh : but like the Raven, very greedily devours 



carrion; 



