GULL, 337 



in Kerguehtfs Land, and off the Cape of Good Hope, and other 

 parts *. In all places the manners are the fame in refpedt to its 

 ferocity : is frequently feen to attack the largeft Albatrofs, beat- 

 ing it with great violence fo long as it remains on the wing; 

 at which time this cowardly giant finds no other refource than 

 to fettle on the water; on which the Skua flies away. We 

 cannot for certain affirm this to be the Sea Crow of Kolben\ y 

 which he tells us is in plenty at the Cape, becaufe he fays 

 the flefh is delicate, and much valued ; whereas, from the man- 

 ners of the Skua, it fhould appear juft the contrary : but we are 

 led to think it poffible, when he fays that the feathers are very 

 foft, and much ufed for fluffing of beds and cufhions ; and more 

 efpecially fuppofe it at leaft to be of the Gull tribe, as the fea- 

 thers of all this genus are faid to be ufed indifcriminately for 

 that purpofe at the Cape, in preference to thole of the Goofe, 

 many thoufands being killed every year for that purpofe J. 



Larus crepidatus, Haiukef. Voy. I. p. 15. 15. 



Catarrafta cepphus, Brun. p. 36. N° 126. pi. in ditto. — Muller, p. 21.— BLACK-TOED 



Phil. Tranf. Hi. p. 135. — Rail Syn. p. 129. N° II. — Will. Qrn. 



p. 351.pl. 67. 

 Le Stercoraire raye, Sri/. Orn. vi. p. 152. 2. pi. 13. fig. 2. 

 L'Abbe, ou Stercoraire, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 441. pi. 34. — PL Enl. 991. 

 Black-toed Gull, Br. Zool. ii. p. 244. pi. 86. — Artt. Zool. N° 460. 



Lev. Muf. 



f~V HIS is fifteen inches in length : thirty-nine in breadth : and Description, 

 weighs eleven ounces. The bill is an inch and a half long, 



* See Hatvkef. Voy. ii. p. 283. — Cook's Voy. i. p. 44. 272. — For/1. Foy. i. p. 109. 

 118. — ii. p. 493. — Cook's lajl Voy. i. p. 88. and elfewhere. 

 t Kxtlb. Cap. ii. p. 241. % Kolb. Cap. i. p. 244. 



3 D 2 and 



