5 28 BJ.ACK BACKED GULL. Class H. 



XLIII. BILL ftrong, ftrait, bending near the end ♦, an an- 

 GULL ' 



gular prominency on the lower mandible. 



NOSTRILS linear. 



TONGUE a little cloven. 



BODY light, wings large. 



LEG and back toe fmall, naked above knee. 



242. Black Wil. cm. 344. Faun. Suec.fp. 155. 



backed. Raiijyn.a<v.i2j. Danis Blaae maage, Norvegzf 



Le Goiland noir. Brijfon av. Svartbag, Havmaafe. Brun-> 



VI. 158. nich y 145. 



Larus marinus. Lin. fyji. 225. Br. Zool. 140. 



Descrip. 'TpHE weight of this fpecies is near five pounds : 

 ■*" the length twenty-nine inches : the breadth 

 five feet nine. The bill is very ftrong and thick, 

 and almoft four inches long -, the color a pale 

 yellow ; but the lower mandible is marked with a 

 red fpot, with a black one in the middle. The 

 irides yellow : the edges of the eye-lids orange co- 

 lor: the head, neck, whole under fide, tail and 

 lower part of the back, are white : the upper part 

 of the back, and wings, are black : the quil- 

 feathers tipt with white : the legs of a pale flefh 

 color. 



This kind inhabits our coafts in fmall numbers; 

 and breeds in the higheft cliffs. It feeds not only 

 on filh : but like the Raven, very greedily devours 



carrion; 



