52G 



T>ARUS MARINUS, THE GREAT BLACK-BACKED 



GULL. 



COBB. CARRION GULL. FARSPACH. 



I 'II 



Larus mavinus. Linn. Syst. !Nat. I. 225. 



Lams marinus. Lath. Ind. Ornith. IL 813. 



Great Black-backed Gull. Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Goeland a raanteaii noir. Lai'us marinns. Tcmm. Man. d' Ornith. II. 760. 



Great Black-backed Gull. Larus marinus. Sclby, Illustr. II. 507. 



Larus marinus. Great Black-backed Gull. Jen. Brit. Vert. Anim. 278. 



Larus marinus. Bonap. Cnmp. List, 62. 



Bill two inches and two-thirds alonr/ the ridge, which is 

 much dectirved totcard the end, one inch high at the angle, 

 which is 'prominent; tarsus three inches long; wings slightly 

 surpassing the tail. Adidt in tcinter with the hill light yelloiC) 

 the lower mandible with an orange-red patch toward the end; 

 the margins of the eyelids red; the feet flesh-coloured; the 

 hack and wings greyish-hlack tinged icith purple, or dark slate- 

 coloured, the quills largely tipjJed with white ; the head and 



