ORDER PALMIPEDES. 577 



white ; back, darker ash ; inside of mouth and circle 

 round the sides, vermillion. Greenland. 



Litlle Gull, Lath. Naum. Voy. t. 3. f. 72. L. Mi- 

 nutus, Falk. Voy. 3. 29. 



Mantle, pearl-grey ; quills, white at the tips ; shafts, 

 blackish; tarsus, one inch long ; hind toe, very small; 

 claw, straight, hardly apparent ; hood, black ; young, 

 spotted with ash and blackish. North of both Con- 

 tinents. 



L. Melmiurus, Tem. Col. 459, and 

 Tiles, Voy. de Krusent. pi. 57- 



Back and wings, dark ash ; quills, larger coverts, 

 shoulders, and tip of tail, white; bill yellow, tip red, 

 black between. Japan Coast. 



To these we may add, 



L. Argentatoides, Brehm. 



Back and wings, bluish-grey ; quills, black at the 

 tip, reaching a little beyond the tail ; shafts, black ; 

 first quills, broadly, white tipped ; tarsus, two inches 

 and a half long. Europe and America, 



Black-hooded Gull. Lar. Melanocephalus, Tem. 

 Man. ij. 



Bill, thick and strong; mantle, bright ash; tip of 

 wing, quills white. Eastern Europe and Asia. 



Fish-eating Gull. Larus IchthycBtus, Pallas, Gmel. 

 Voy. t. 30, 31. 



Size of Bernacle Goose. Grey ; head and neck, black ; 

 wing quills, white some tipped ; with black. Mouth 

 of the Ganges, and South Africa. 



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