160 GULL. 



the Greenlanders, and their flesh and eggs both eaten ; the young are 

 also brought to the markets of Edinburgh with the Gannet, and sold 

 as articles of food. 



Multitudes annually arrive in Shetland for the purpose of breed- 

 ing : in the Island of Foula, they are so congregated in a kind of 

 natural arch, on the north-west side, as completely to whiten the face 

 of the rock, and where the fowler, if so disposed, may kill them by 

 bushels.* 



B. — A bird is mentioned by Mr. L. Edmonston, which, although 

 differing very little in plumage from the Kittiwake, may possibly 

 prove distinct. In this the upper part of the neck and head are pale 

 blue; on each ear a darker spot; the plumage otherwise like the 

 Kittiwake. — Small flocks of this are observed in Zetland towards the 

 end of autumn, generally frequenting exposed bays: in form they 

 seem more elegant, erect, and elongated ; the mode of flight different, 

 not unlike that of the Lapwing. This Variety is only to be found for 

 about a month, and though at first numerous, it soon almost entirely 

 disappears, yet some of the Kittiwakes still remain. Supposed to 

 breed in Greenland. 



21— PULO-CONDOR GULL. 



Larus Pulo-Condor, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. Ixviii. Mas. Carls, fase. iv. t. 83. 

 Pulo-Condor Gull, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 332. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill black; the forehead ash-colour; crown 

 the same, with a mixture of white; plumage on the upper parts 

 rusty ash-colour and brown mixed ; beneath white; hindhead, nape, 

 and shoulders, black ; legs yellow, claws black. In the coloured 

 print of the bird, the legs are without a hind toe, but the circum- 

 stance is not mentioned in the description. 



Inhabits the Island of Pulo-Condor, in the East Indian Sea. 



* Wern. Mem. iv. pt. 2. 249.— Captain Vetch. 



