Class II. 



BROWN GULL. 



393 



Lams atricilla. L. albus, ca- 

 pite nigricante, rostro rubro, 

 pedibus nigris. Lath. Ind. 

 orn. 813. id. Syn. vi. 383. 



La Mouette rieuse. Brisson 

 uv. vi. 192. tah. 10./. 1. 



Larus major cinereus. Balt- 



neri Raii Syn. av.l2Q. 

 JVil. orn. 346. 



Larus atricilla. Gm. Lin. 60O. 

 Montagu orn. diet. 

 Arct. Zool. ii. 645. 



10. Laugh- 

 ing. 



[THE length of this species is about eiditeen Descrip- 



. , TION. 



inches ; the extent three feet. The bill red ; 

 the head and the ends of the primaries black : 

 the back and coverts of the wings, cinereous ; 

 all the rest of the plumage white; the legs 

 black and long. 



It is an inhabitant of the Bahama isles, RuS' 

 sia, and some parts of America, 



Mr. Mo7itagu appears to be the only writer 

 who records it among the incidental visitants 

 of Great Britain. He saw a small flock near 

 JVinchelsea in the autumn of 1774, and two 

 of the species near Hastings. Ed. 



Sterna obscura. St. supra fusca 

 subtus alba, alls fusco clne- 

 reoque variis, capite nigro. 

 Lath. Ind. orn, 810. id. 

 Syn. vi. 368. 



Brown Gull. id. Sup. ii. 331. 



The brown Tern. Wil. orn. 11. Browst. 



352. 

 Sterna fusca. Raii Syn. av. 



131. 

 Sterna obscura. Gm.Lin,608. 

 Faun. Suec. sp. IdQ. 

 Br. Zool 143. 



.iVJLR. Ray has left us the following obscure 

 account of this bird ; communicated to him by 



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