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LARIDJi. 



Larus GLA.UCUS, 0. Fabricius.* 

 THE GLAUCOUS GULL, 



OR LARGE WHITE-WINGED GULL. 



Larus glaucus. 



This large species, equal iii size to the Great Black-backed 

 Gall last described, was first made known as a winter visitor 

 to the most northern of the Shetland Isles by the late Dr. 

 Lawrence Edmondston, who obtained young and old birds 



* Fauna Groelandica, p. 100 (1780), cxBriinnich. 



