Class II. WINTER GULL ^j 



preceding fpecies, which (as well as the reft of 

 the gull tribe) fcarce ever attains its true colors till 

 after the firft year : but it mud be obferved, that 

 the firft colors of the irides, of the quil-feathers, and 

 of the tail, are in all birds permanent ; thefe, as we 

 have remarked, differ in each of thefe gulls fo 

 greatly, as ever to preferve unerring notes of dif- 

 tinclion. 



This fpecies is likewife called by fome the Dung 

 Hunter ; for the fame reafon as the laft is ftyled fo. 



Winter Mew, or Coddy Mod- Gavia Hyberna, le Mouette 248. Win. 



dy. Wil. orn. 350. d'hiver. BriJJbn av. VI. ter. 



Rati fyn. a<v. 130. 189. 



Br, Z00L 142. 



^HpHIS weighs from fourteen to feventeen oun- Descrip. 



A ces : the length eighteen inches ; the breadth 

 three feet nine. The irides are hazel : the bill two 

 inches long, but the flendereft of any gull: it is 

 black at the tip, whitifh towards the bafe. The 

 crown of the head, and hind part, and fides of the 

 neck, are white, marked with oblong dufky fpots ; 

 the forehead, throat, middle of the breaft, belly, 

 and rump, are white ; the back and fcapulars are 

 of a pale grey •, the laft fpotted with brown ; the 

 coverts of the wings are of a pale brown, edged 

 N n 4 with 



