Crass Il. WINTER GULL. 
being nothing but the half digested remains of 
earth-worms, on which these birds feed, and 
often discharge from their stomachs.* 
Larus canus. f£. L. cinereus Winter Mew, or Coddy Mod- 
subtus niveus, capite albo dy. Wil. orn. 350. 
maculis fuscis vario, collo Rai Syn. av. 130. 
supra fusco, alis variis rectri- Gavia Hyberna, le Mouette, 
cibus albis fascia nigra. Lath. dhiver. Brisson av. vi. 
Ind. orn. 816. id. Syn. vi. 189. Hist. dois. viii. 437. 
384. Br. Zool. 142. 
[THE common gull in the immature state of 
its plumage has been described by the name of 
the Winter Gull under the following characters. | 
The irides hazel; the bill two inches long, but 
the slenderest of any gull, black at the tip, 
whitish towards the base. ‘The crown of the 
head, and hind part, and the sides of the neck, 
white, marked with oblong dusky spots; the 
forehead, throat, middle of the breast, belly, 
and rump, white; the back and scapulars of ’a 
pale grey, the last spotted with brown; the 
coverts of the wings of a pale brown, edged 
with white; the first quil feather black; the 
succeeding tipt with white; the tail white, cross- 
* Vide Morton’s Nat. Hist. Northampt. p. 353. 
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