182 WAGEL GULL. Class IL 



on the ledges of rocks that hang over the sea ; 

 they make a large nest of dead grass, and lay 

 three eggs of a dirty white, spotted with black. 

 The young are ash colored, spotted with brown ; 

 they do not come to their proper color the first 

 year ; this is common to other gulls ; which has 

 greatly multiplied the species among authors, 

 who are inattentive to these particulars. This 

 gull is a great devourer of fish, especially of 

 that from which it takes its name ; it is a con- 

 stant attendant on the nets, and so bold as to 

 seize its prey before the fishermen's faces. 



(A.) Wagel. Lanis marinns. y. L. albus, tab. 15. Hist, d'ois.vin. 413. 



dorso cinereo, rectriclbus tab. 33. PL Enl, 266. 



apice nigris. Lath. Ind.orn. Larus naevius. Gm.Lin.5Q8. 



814. id. Syn. Yi. 315. Da??w Graae-Maage. Islandis 



Great grey Gull, the Cornish Kablabrinkar. Brunnich, 



Wagel. Wil. orn. 34Q. 150. 



Raii Syn. av. 130. Brown and White Gull. Br. 



Le Goiland varie, ou la Gri- Zool. ii. 422. 



sard. Brisson av. vi. 167. Wagel. Aict. Zool. ii. 243. 



Descrip- XHESE birds vary much in their size; one 

 we examined weighed three pounds seven 

 ounces ; the length was two feet two inches ; 

 the breadth five feet six; others again did not 

 weigh two pounds and a half. The irides are 

 dusky ; the bill black, and nearly three inches 



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