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ORD. III. GEN. III. GULL. 



SPE. VI*. KITT1WAKE GULL. 



PI. 215. 



Larus riffa. Lin. Syft. I. p. 224. 



The kittiwake is fomewhat larger than the tarrock. The bill is of a yellow 

 colour, darkeft at the tip : eyes, dark brown : eye-lids, orange : head, neck, 

 tail, and under parts, pure white: back, and wings, pale lead colour: outer 

 edge of the firft quill feathers, and tips of the next four, black: legs, lead co- 

 lour} webs, black; and only a knob in the place of a hind toe, as in the 

 tarrock. 



