4i 6 BLACK AND WHITE GULL. Oafs II. 



fides of the lakes in the Northern parts of Europe, and 

 to lay two eggs. 



Genus XIII. GULLS. 

 I. The GREAT BLACK AND WHITE GULL. 



Wil. Qrti. 3.44. Fa1tt1.Suec.fp.X55. 



Raiijyn. a<u. 127. Davis Blaae Maage, Norvegis 



Le Goiland noir. Brijfon em. vi. Svartbag, Havmaafe. Brunnkh. 



158. 145. 



Larusmarinus. Lin. fyjl. ZZ5. Br. Z00L 140. 



Defer T^ P ? weight of this fpecies is near five pounds : 

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

 five feet nine. The bill is very fcrong 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 color : 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 flefli color. 



This kind inhabites our coafts in fmall numbers ; 

 and breeds in the higheit cliffs. It feeds not only on 

 fifh : but like the Raven, very greedily devours car- 

 rion. Its egg is very blunt at each end ; of a dufky 

 olive color, quite black at the greater end 5 and the 

 reft of it thinly marked with dufky fpots. 



II. The 



