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COMMON GULL. Crass Il. 
6. Common. [Larus canus. L. albus, dorso Common Sea Mall, or Mew. 
DeEscrip- 
TION. 
-cano, remigibus primori- Raiit Syn. av. 127. 
bus extremitate nigris, quar- La Mouette cendrée. Brisson 
ta et quinta macula apicis av. vi. 175. tab. 16. fig. 1. 
nigra, extima extus nigra. — list. dots. vill. 379. Pl. 
Lath. Ind. orn. 815. id. Enl. 977. 
Syn. vi. 378. Gabbiano minore. Zinan. 115. 
Galedor, Crocala, Galetra. Larus canus. Gm. Lin. 596. 
Aldr. av. ui. 34. Scopoli. No. 104. 
Common Sea Mall. Wil. orn. . Br. Zool. 142. Arct. Zool. ii. 
345. 245. 
‘THIS is the most numerous of the genus. It 
breeds on the ledges of the cliffs that impend 
over the sea; in winter they are found in vast 
flocks on all our shores. ‘They differ a little in 
size ; one we examined weighed twelve ounces 
and a half; its length was seventeen inches ; 
its breadth thirty-six; the bill yellow; the 
head, neck, tail, and whole under side of the 
body, a pure white; the back, and coverts of 
the wings, a pale grey; near the end of the 
greater quil feathers was a black spot; the legs 
a-dull white, tinged with green. * 
This kind frequents, during winter, the moist 
meadows in the inland parts of England, re- — 
mote from the sea. The gelatinous substance, — 
known by the name of Star Shot, or Star Gelly, — 
owes its origin to this bird, or some of the kind; — 
