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brunnich's kittiwake. 



(Ri^sa Brunnichii.) 



Hi. dorso canescente, reclricibus albis ; his, in junioribus, apicibus, 



excepto externo, nigris. 

 Kittiwake with the back hoary, the quills white ; in the young 



the latter, except the outer one, are tipped with black. 

 Rissa Brunnichii. Leach, in Brit. Mus. Collection. 

 Larus tridactylus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 817. 

 Mouette tridactyle. Temm. man. d'Orn. 502. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 



774. 

 Summer Plumage. — Larus Rissa. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 224. 



Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 594. 

 Kittiwake. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 393. Lew. Brit. Birds, 6. pi. 213. 



Wale. Syn. 1. pi. 108. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. and Sup. Beiv. 



Brit. Birds, 2. 229. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 157. 

 Winter Plumage. — La Mouette cendree. B?-iss. Orn. 6. 175. 



pi. 16./ 1. 

 Young. — Larus tridactylus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 224. Gmel # 



Syst. Nat. 1. 595. 

 Gavia cinerea naevia. Briss. 0?-n. 6. 185. pi. \7.f. 2. 

 La Mouette cendree tachetee. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 424. 



Buff. PL Enl. 387- 

 Tarrock Gull. Penn. Arct. Zool, 2. 533. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 



251. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 392. Lath. Syn. Sup. 20S. Letv. 



Brit. Birds, 6. ;;/. 213. JValc. Syn. 1. pi. 109. Mont. Orn. 



Diet. 1. Beiv. Brit. Birds, 2. 231. 

 Kittiwake Gull. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 456. 



The length of this species is about fifteen inches ; 

 and in its winter plumage it answers to the following 

 description : its beak is of a yellowish-green ; the 

 mouth and circuit round the eyes are bright red : 



