BRITISH BIRDS. 



191 



(L(j/'/ts 



THE GLAUCOUS GULL. 



\VINTKR PLUMAGE. 



s, Brunn. Goclajid bur germeister , 

 Temm. 



THE above figure and the following" were taken 

 from stuffed specimens lent to this work by Mr. 

 L. Edmondston, and the descriptions extracted 

 from his papers, read to the Wernerian Society 

 of Edinburgh, under the name of Iceland (full. 

 He considers this a species not hitherto noticed 

 as a British bird ; and describes it when mature, 

 as being clothed with a downy Swan-like plu- 

 mage, rendering it almost impenetrable to any 

 but large shot, and as weighing five pounds ; 



