LAPLISTA, LARUS. . 2038 
9—1. Lapuisia. Spee. 2. 
depilans, (sea-hare,) body pale lead®tolour, with- 
out spots. Two to five inches long. 
See MS. P. 
38—3 Laneaya. Spec. 1. 
nazuta, head furnished with large plates; mouth 
long, pointed. 
See MS. P. 
2—2. Lanius. Spec. 43. 
canadensis, (shrike,) tail wedgeform ; head cresi- 
ed ; body reddish, whitish beneath. 8 inches 
long. 
eacubitor, (great shrike,) tail wedgeform, white at 
the sides ; back hoary ; wings black with white 
spots. 
americanus, (american shrike,) black ; spot on the 
first quill-feather, cheeks and chin white ; 
breast and belly cinereous. 
See MS. P. 
2—6. Larus. Spec. 15. 
Sec. A. Nostrils without a cere. 
tridactilus, (tarrock gull,) back whitish ; quill- 
feathers white ; hind-toe unarmed. 
canus, (common gull,) white ; back hoary ; pri- 
mary quill-feathers black at the ends, the fourth 
and fifth with a black spot at the tip, the outer 
black without. 
marinus, (black-back gull,) white with a black 
back. 
JSuscus, (herring gull) white, with a brown back ; 
legs yellow. 
