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backed, as afiferted by fome j we fear the difference is too great to 

 admit of it ; yet, however this may appear, we have now before 

 us a young Herring Gull with every marking of the Wagel, dif- 

 fering only in fize, and a tinge of lead-colour on the fcapulars. 



When a writer cannot afcertain facts, he fhould always pen his 

 doubts, that the reader may be put upon his guard ; whereby, 

 paying more attention than he otherwife would, in fuch uncertain 

 points, he may at laft be led to the defired information. 



377 



Larus eburneus, Pbipps's Voy. p. 187. 



candidus, Faun. Groettl. N° 67.— -Mutter, p. 8. 



La Mouette blanche, Buf. Oi/l viii. p. 422.—/'/. Enl. 994. 

 Rathfher, Martin's Sfitxb. p. yj. 

 Senateur, Salem Orn- p. 38Z. 

 Ivory Gull, Ara. Zool. N° 457. 



Lev. Muf. 



IVORY G. 



T ENGTH frxteen inches : breadth thirty-feven. Bill two" Description 



inches long, and lead-coloured, with a pale tip : orbits faf- 

 fron-colour : plumage wholly white : the wings very long, ex- 

 ceeding the tail greatly, and even the legs, when at length : the 

 colour of the laft cinereous lead-colour: claws black* 



The young are marked with oblong black fpots, efpecially 

 on the back and wings j with the bills black. 



This fpecies feems to prefer the moll northern fituations, in- 

 habiting both coafts of Greenland, and met with far out at fea, 

 feldom approaching the land, except in the time of incubation ; 

 but is then fufficiently tame, fo as to be fhot without difficulty, 

 whereas at fea it is very fhy. Frequent in the Frozen Sea, between 



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