Class II. ARCTIC GULL. 179 



latter white ; the tail consists of twelve black 

 feathers tipt with white, the two middle of which, 

 are nearly an inch longer than the others : 

 the shafts are white; and the exterior webs of 

 the outmost feather is spotted with rust color. - . 

 The legs are of a bluish lead color ; the lower 

 part of the toes and webs black. 



A bird of this kind was taken near Oxford^*^ 

 and communicated to the Royal Societ}'^ by the 

 late Dr. Lysons of Gloucester. 



Larus parasiticus. L. supra ni- L' Abbe a longue queue. Bris- 4. Arctic, 



ger, coUo pectore et abdo- son av. vi. 155. Hist, d'ois. 



mine albis, rectricibus dua- viii. 445. PL Enl.762. 



bus intermediis longissiniis. Larus Parasiticus. Gm. Lin, 



Lath. Ind. orn. 8I9. id. 6OI. 



Syn. vi. 889. tah. 99. Swartlasse, Labben, Elof, 



The Struntjagger, or Duno;- Faun. Suec. sp. \56. 



hunter. Marten's SpitZ' Brujinich, 127. 



lerg. 87. Arct. Zool. ii. 246. 

 The Arctic Bird. Edw. av. 



148. 149. 



XHESE birds are very common in the He- 

 brides. 1 saw numbers in Jura, Hay, and 

 Rum, where they breed in the heath; if disturb- 

 ed they fly about like the lapwing, but soon 

 alight. They are also found in the Or/mies, 



* Another has since been killed near Horsliam in Sussex, and 

 a third in Lancashire. Ed< 



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