BRITISH BIRDS. 



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THE YOUNG KITTIWAKE.* 



THE bill is black, short, and strong: the head, 

 neck, breast, belly, and tail are white, with the 

 exception of the tips of ten of the middle feathers 

 of the tail, a spot on the auriculars, another under 

 the throat, and a crescent-shaped patch on the 

 hinder part of the neck, all of which are black : the 

 back and scapulars are of a bluish grey : lesser 

 coverts of the wings deepish brown, edged with 

 grey : some of the greater covert feathers are of the 

 same colour, and others of plain grey: the outer 

 webs and ends of the first four quills, and the tips 

 of the next two are black: all the rest are wholly 

 white : the legs are of a dingy ash colour. 



* The Tarrock Gull (Larus tridactylus) of English authors is now 

 known to be the Kittiwake in its immature plumage, and was, we 

 believe, first figured as such in a former edition of this work. 



