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LARID^E. 



uniform pale yellowish-grey ; upper and under tail- coverts 

 dull white, barred with pale brown ; tail-feathers uniform 

 yellowish-brown ; wings only reaching to the end of the 

 tail ; chin, throat, and breast dull white, mottled with pale 

 brown, belly more uniform in colour, and greyish-brown ; 

 legs and feet livid brown. The bird in general appearance 

 is very similar to the young of the Lesser White-winged 

 Gull, figured at page 594, and described at page 600, but 

 much larger : the whole length is twenty -six inches arid a 

 half, and the wing, from the anterior joint to the end, 

 seventeen inches and a half. 



