Cuass IL. ‘~BROWN GULL. 198 
Larus atricilla. L. albus, ca- Larus major cinereus. Balt- 10. Laucue- 
pite nigricante, rostro rubro, nert Rai Syn. av. 120. NG: 
pedibus nigris. Lath. Ind. Wil. orn. 346. 
orn. 813. id. Syn. vi. 383. Larus atricilla. Gm. Lin. 600. 
La Mouette rieuse. Brisson Montagu orn. dict. 
av. vi. 192. tab. 10. f. 1. Arct. Zool. ii. 645. 
[THE length of this species is about eighteen Descrrr- 
inches; the extent three feet. The bill red; pane 
the head and the ends of the primaries black: 
the back and coverts of the wings, cinereous ; 
all the rest of the plumage white; the legs 
black and long. . 
It is an inhabitant of the Bahama isles, Rus- 
sia, and some parts of America. 
Mr. Montagu appears to be the only writer 
who records it among the incidental visitants 
of Great Britain. He saw a small flock near 
Winchelsea in the autumn of 1774, and two 
of the species near Hastings. Ep. 
Sterna obscura. St.supra fusca - The brown Tern. Wil. orn. 11. BrowN. 
subtus alba, alis fusco cine- 352. ° 
reoque variis, capite nigro. Sterna fusca. Rai Syn. av. 
Lath. Ind. orn. 810. 2d. 131. 
Syn. vi. 368. ~ Sterna obscura. Gm. Lin. 608. 
Brown Gull. id. Sup. ii. 331. Faun. Suec. sp. 159. 
Br. Zool. 143. 
Mr. Ray has left us the following obscure 
account of this bird; communicated to-him by 
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