TARROCK. Class IL 



in North Britain, being ferved up roafted, a little 

 before dinner, in order to provoke the appetite; 

 but, from their rank tafte and fmell, feem much 

 more likely to produce a contrary effect. 



i. Tar- La Mouette cendree. Brijfon Larus tridactylus. Lin. Jyft. 



rock. av* 169. 224. 



Gavia cinerea alia. Aldr. aw. Faun. Suec. i$7<fp* 



III. 35. La Mouette cendree tachetee. 



Wil. cm. 346. Brijfon a<u. VI. 185. tab. 



Rati fyn. av. 128. 17. fig. 2. 



Br, Zool. 142. 



Descrip. / 1 ^HE length is fourteen inches; the breadth 

 I three feet : the weight only feven ounces. 

 The bill is black, fhort, thick, andftrong; the head 

 large : the color of that, the throat, neck, and 

 whole under fide are white : near each ear, and 

 under the throat, is a black fpot : on the hind part 

 of the neck is a black crefcent, the horns pointing 

 to the throat. 



The back and fcapulars are of a bluifhgrey: the 

 leffer coverts of the wings dulky, edged with grey; 

 the larger next to them of the fame color; the reft 

 grey : the exterior fides, and ends of the four firft 

 quil-feathers are black : the tips of the two next 

 black ; all the reft wholly white : the ten middle 

 feathers of the tail white, tipt with black ; the two 

 outmoft quite white: the legs of a dulky afli color. 



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