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£r. Zool. ii. N" 252. — ^Larus ridibundus, Lin. Sj/. 225. — La Mouette rieufe, 

 De Buffon,\nu ^I'i.— Latham, iii. — Lev. Mos. 



€~\^ "With a red bill and legs : head and throat black : neck, belly, 

 and tail, white : back and wings afh-colored : ends of the pri- 

 maries marked with black. Length about fifteen inches. Extent 

 thirty-feven. Weight ten ounces. 



Inhabits New England : comes in May, leaves the country in Auguft. 

 In Europe, not farther north than England. In all parts of i?«^i3 and 

 Sibiria, and even Kamtjchatka. Has the laughing notes of the former, 

 of which jt feems a variety. 



455. Black- 

 headed. 



Place. 



Br. Zool. ii. N". 250. — Thipps, 187. — ^Larus Riffa, Lin. Syjl. 224. 

 Kutge-gehef, Marten' s Spitsbergen, %z.— Latham, iii. —Lev. Mos ? 



f^. With a yellow bill : infide of the mouth orange: head, neck, 

 under fide of the body, and tail, white.: behind each ear is a 

 black fpot : the back and coverts pale grey : primaries dufky, with a 

 white Ipot near the ends : legs dufky : no back toe. Length four^ 

 teen inches. Extent three feet two. 



Is found about Newfoundland. Inhabits Spitzbergen, Greenland, 

 Iceland, and the north of Europe, the ardic coaft of AJia, and Kamt- 

 fcbatka. 



456. KiTTIWAKE. 



Place. 



Larus eburneus, Phipps's Voy. 187. — Larus candidus. Faun. Groent. N" 67. 

 Eathflier, Marten': Spitxb. -jj. — La Mouette blanche, 2>« 5»^», viii. 422,— 

 PI. Enl. 994. — Latham, iii, ■ — Lbv. Mus. 



^, With the bill and legs of a lead-color : whole plumage of a 

 fnowy whitenefs. Length., to the end of tbg tail, fixteen inches. 

 Extent thirty-feven,. 



3 Y Inhabits 



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