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ORD. III. GEN. III. GULL. 



SPE. Vlir. BLACK-TOED GULL. 



PI. 217. 



Le Stercoraire raye. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 152. 



. This fpecies weighs about ten ounces ; is in length fifteen inches, in breadth 

 thirty-eight. The bill is near two inches long, the upper part covered with 

 a brown cere, the end black, and crooked : eyes, dark brown : head, neck, 

 back, and wings, of a dark olive brown, with yellowifh white edges to the fea- 

 thers : belly and vent pale yellow, crofTed with dufky lines : fhafts and tips of 

 the quill feathers whitifh; outer webs, black: tail black, crofTed with dull 

 yellow : legs, lead colour ; part of the webs and toes, black. 



We once met with this rare bird in a London market, in the month of 

 November. 



