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A. — This is larger than the Tarrock, and differs but little in 

 general markings; on the ear a spot of black ; at the lower part of 

 the neck behind the feathers marked with a dusky black bar just at 

 the tip; from the bend of the wing to the tip of the second quills 

 an oblique bar of black ; tail white, all but the outer feathers tipped 

 for one inch with black. 



Inhabits Kamtschatka, and seems to be a Variety of the Tarrock, 

 but of a larger size. In a second, from the same place, the markings 

 were much less distinct, with the addition of some clouds of black 

 below the nape. Both these were in the possession of Sir J. Banks. 



The Kittiwake, in all its stages, inhabits various parts of England, 

 though, perhaps, less generally than many other Species : is called, 

 about Flamborough Head, the Petrel, and is found in the cliffs 

 thereabouts ; also in the Bass Isle, the vast rocks near the Castle of 

 Slains, in the county of Aberdeen ; Priestholme Isle, on the Isle of 

 Glass ; Troup Head ; in the vicinity of Montrose, and other places ; 

 but rarely appearing in the more southern parts ; yet I have received 

 specimens shot near Faversham, in Kent, and others killed near 

 Teignmouth, Devon, in November, 1785. 



Is found also in Greenland, Spitzbergen, Iceland, and the north 

 of Europe, the Arctic Coast of Asia, and Kamtschatka ; by the 

 Icelanders it is called Ritsa. We are able to trace this bird as far 

 south as Gibraltar, where it is seen in the Bay with others of the 

 Genus; is likewise met with at Newfoundland : the eggs are two in 

 number, greenish white, marked with black and brown spots, and 

 deposited in a sort of nest in June, composed of dry confervas; in 

 Greenland it feeds chiefly on a small fish of the salmon genus,* sand 

 eels,t and other small fishes: the noise these birds make, while 

 hovering over their nests, when in great numbers, is intolerable, and 

 they are equally restless at sea. The skins are used for garments by 



* Salmo arcticus.— Lin. f Ammodytes Tobianus.— Lin. 



