Class II. KITTIWAKE, 539 



pend over the fea : in winter they are found in vaft 



flocks on all our fhores. They differ a little in De scrip, 



fize ; one we examined weighed twelve ounces and 



a half: its length was feventeen inches: its breadth 



thirty-fix : the bill yellow : the head, neck, tail, and 



whole under fide 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 



fpot : the legs a dull white, tinged with green. 



Larus RifTa. Lin* fyfi. 224. en. Brunnich, No. 140. 2 co. Kitti- 



Ritfa IJlandisy incolis Chrijii- Kittiwake. Sibbald' 's hijl \ wake. 



anfoe, Lille Sol vet, Rotter- Scot/. 20 . 



H^HE length of this fpecies is fourteen inches : 

 **" the extent three feet two. When arrived at 

 full age, the head, neck, belly, and tail are of a 

 fnowy whitenefs ; behind each ear is fometimes a 

 dufky fpot : the back and wings grey : the exterior 

 edge of the firft quil-feather, and tips of the four or 

 five next, are black : the bill yellow, tinged with 

 green \ iiifide of the mouth orange : legs duiky, 

 with only a knob inflead of the back toe. 



It inhabits the romantic cliffs of Flamlorough- 

 bead (where it is called Petrel) the Bafs IJle, the vaft 

 rocks near the Caftle of Stains^ in the county of 

 Aberdeen^ and Prieftbolm IJle. 



The young of thefe birds are a favorite difli 



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