52l ' WAGEL, AND LAUGHIN'G GlTLLo. 



Breeds among broken rocks : much upon wing : is -caught in fnare?'^, 

 or by a baited hook. The flefli and eggs eaten ; and the fkin ufed,,, 

 like that of mofl other Gulls,, for garments. Is found in Hudfon's 

 Bay during fummer: breeds there, and retires at approach of winter^. 

 It breeds likewife on the iflands on the coaft of South Carolina. Is-, 

 frequent about the Cafpian znd Black feas,. and their great rivers: 

 alfo ^bout the greateft lakes of 'S'/i5'»'/^. 



453. Wagei. Sr. Zool. ii. N" 247. — Larus nsvius, Lin. Sjft. 225. 



Le Goeland varie, ou le Grifatd, De Buffon, viii. 413.— P/. Er.l. 266.— 

 Latham, iii. -—Lev, Mus. — Bl. Mus. 



r~2. With a black bill: irides duflcy : whole plumage, above and 

 belowj varied with brown, white, and cinereous: primaries' 

 dufky : tail mottled. with dulky and white; near the end a black barj 

 tips whitiih : legs of a dirty white. Weight- thirty-two ounces. 

 Length near two feet. Extent four feet eight. 



Inhabits the north of £«r(?j)(?, Iceland, Hudjon's Bay, and Newfomd^^ 

 land. Frequent about the lakes of Ruffia, and the wcfi: of Sihiria. 



?I,ACB. 



454. Laughikc. Cattjby, i. %<^.—WilU Orn. 346. N" iv.— LaMouette neufcj 2?« Bufftn, viii. 433. 



—PL En/. 970. 

 Larus Atricilla, Lin. Syjl, zz^.-^Latham, iii. ^Lbv. Mu^. 



^^ With a red bill : black head : the ends of the primaries black : 

 back and coverts of the wings cinereous : all the reft of the 

 plumage white: legs black and long. Length about eighteen 

 inches. Extent three feet. 

 PiAci. Inhabits the Bahama iflands. Their note refembles a> coarib: 



laugh. 



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