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birds, which swarm along the sea coasts, feeding on fish, the-flesh 
of dead bodies, &c. ‘They breed in the sand, or in clefts of rock, 
laying but few eggs. When they fly into the country, bad weather 
may be expected. Several species are found on the coast of France,” © 
and, as their plumage is greatly changed by age, the number has 
been still more increased. When young, they are usually spotted A 
with grey. Buffon calls x Fhe 
Gorranps,1) ' 
The large species whose size exceeds that of a Duck. One of the | 
largest is, , i . a 
Lar. marinus and nzevius, Gm.; Goéland a manteau noir, Bil,» . 
990 and 266 (The Great Black-backed Gull), which, at first, » 
spotted with white and grey, afterwards becomes all white, with | 
a black mantle; the beak is yellow, with a red spot underneath; 
feet, reddish. 2 ~. 
Lar. glaucus, Gm.; Burgomestre; Naum. Ed. I, 36, is nearly 
as large, and only differs from it in the mantle, which is a light | 
ash colour. Its young also are spotted.(2) The ~ 
Mavves or Movetres 
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Are the smallest species. ; 
Lar. fuscus, L.; Lar. flavipes, Meyer, Frisch, 2183 Naum, * 
Ed. I, f. 51, B. (The Silver Gull.) Is all white; the mantle 
excepted, which is black; the feet are yellow. : 
Lar. eburneus, Gm.; Mouette blanche, Enl. 994. (The Ivory ° 
Gull.) All white, with black feet. From Spitzberg and Green- 
land: sometimes wanders into Europe. 
Lar. cyanorhynchus, Meyer; Mouette a pieds bleus, Enl. 977, 
Briss. VI, xvi, 2.. (The Common Gull.)» When old, of a beguiti-2a 
ful white, with a light ash coloured mantle; the primary quills 
of the wing partly black, with white spots at their tips, the feet 
and bill, lead coloured. Feeds on shell fish. | 
Lar. ridibundus, L.; L. hybernus, and L. erythropus, Gm.; La- 
M. a pieds rouges, Enl. 969 and 970; Briss. VI, xvii, 1. Is very “~ 
similar to the preceding, except that when young the tip of the 
tail is black, and that there are some black and brown on the 
wing: in spring the head of the adult becomes brown, and re- © 
(1) Gotland, a corruption of Gull, Gull-ent. : ere. 
(2) M. Temminck distinguishes the Lar. argentatus, Lath. Enl. 253,—Add the ni 
Goéland leucomele, Vieill. 61, and the Goél. a téte noire du Bengale. {Add L. ‘ca- 
pistratus, Temm.;—L. canus, L.. Enl. 977;—L. argentatus, Brunn: Enl. 253;—L. m 
argentatoides, Brehm. Am.Ed.) ° , 
