184 COMMON GULL. Class IL 



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6. Common. Lams canus. L. albus, dorso Common Sea Mall, or Mew. 



cano, remigibus primori- Raii Syn. av. 127. 



bus extremitate nigris, quar- La Mouette cendree. Brisson 



ta et quinta macula aplcis av. vi. 175. tah. 16. Jig. 1. 



.*« W A "'g"^^* extima extus nigra. Hist, d'ois. viii. 379- ^^• 



4^ I^ath. Ind. orn. 815. id. Enl.gYJ. 



Syn. vi. 378. Gabbiano minore. Zinan. 1 15, 



Galedor, Crocala, Galetra. Larus canus. Gm. Lin. 5q6. 



Aldr. av. iii. 34. Scopoli. No. 104. 



Common Sea Mall. Wil. orn. Br. Zool. 142. Arct. Zool. ii. 

 345. 245. 



X HIS is the most numerous of the genus. It 

 breeds on the ledges of the cliffs that impend 

 over the sea; in winter they are found in vast 

 Descrip- flocks on all our shores. They differ a little in 

 size ; one we examined weighed twelve ounces 

 and a half; its length was seventeen inches ; 

 its breadth thirty-six ; the bill yellow ; the 

 head, neck, tail, and whole under side of the 

 body, a pure white ; the back, and coverts of 

 the wings, a pale grey; near the end of the 

 greater quil feathers was a black spot ; the legs 

 a dull white, tinged with green. 



This kind frequents, during winter, the moist 

 meadows in the inland parts of England, re- 

 mote from the sea. The gelatinous substance, 

 known by the name of Star Shot, or Star Gelly, 

 owes its origin to this bird, or some of the kind ; 





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