Cuass II. 
Larus ridibundus. L. albidus 
capite nigricante, rostro pe- 
dibusque rubris. Lath. Ind. 
orn. 811. 2d. Syn. vi. 380. 
id. Sup. i. 268. 
Cepphus Turneri. Gesner av. 
249. 
Larus cinereus tertius. 
Aldr. 
BLACK, HEADED GULL. 
139 
Puit. Fuller's Brit. Worthies. 8. Buack 
318. 
La Mouette rieuse a’ pattes 
rouges. Brisson. av. vi. 197. 
Fist. Mois. viii. 433. Pl. 
Eni. 970. 
Gabbiano cinerizio col rostro; 
e colli piedi rossi. Zinan. 
av, ill. 35. 115. 
Pewit, or Black Cap, Sea Larus ridibundus. Gm. Lin. 
Crow, Mire Crow. Wil. 601. 
orn. 347. Br.. Zool. 143. Tab. L. 5. 
Rai Syn. av. 128. tin. 217. Arct. Zool, ii. 254, 
Pewit. Ploté’s lust. Siaff. 231. 
‘PHESE birds ‘breed’ in’ vast’ nuinbers th the 
islands of certain pools in the county of Staf- 
ford; and, as Dr. Fuller tells us, in another on 
the Mssex shores; also in the fens of Zincoln- 
shire. They are migratory, resort there in 
the spring, and after the breeding season dis- 
perse to the sea coasts: they make their nest 
on the ground, with rushes, dead grass, and the 
like, and lay three eggs of a dirty olive color, 
marked with black. The young were formerly 
highly esteemed, and numbers were annually 
taken and fattened for the table. Plott givesa 
marvellous account of their attachment to the 
lord of the soil they inhabit ; insomuch, that on 
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