Class II. WINTER GULL. 18^ 



being nothing but the half digested remains of 

 earth-worms, on which these birds feed, and 

 often discharge from their stomachs.* 



Lams canus. /3. L. cinereus Winter Mew, or Coddy Mod- (A). Win- 

 subtus niveus, capite albo dy. TFil. orn. 330. tek. 



maculis fuscis vario, collo Raii Syn. av. 130. 



supra fusco, alis variis rectri- Gavia Hyberna, le Mouette, 

 cibus albis fascia nigra. iaM. d'hiver. Brisson av. vi. 



Ind. orn. 8l6. id. Syn. vi. 18g. Hist, d'ois. \'m. 437. 



384. Br.Zool. 142. 



[THE common gull in the immature state of Descrip- 

 its plumage has been described by the name of '^^'^^' 

 the Winter Gull under the following characters.] 

 The irides hazel ; the bill two inches long, but *■ ^ ''' 

 the slenderest of any gull, black at the tip, 

 whitish towards the base. The crown of the 

 head, and hind part, and the sides of the neck, 

 white, marked with oblong dusky spots ; the 

 forehead, throat, middle of the breast, belly, 

 and rump, white ; the bade and scapulars of a 

 pale grey, the last spotted with brown; the 

 coverts of the wings of a pale brown, edged 

 with white; the first quil feather black; the 

 succeeding tipt with white; the tail white, cross- 



* Vide Morton's Nat. Hist. Nor thampt. p. 353.^^ :>«' 



