GULL. 1G.9 



27 —PACIFIC CULL. 



Larus pncificus, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. lxviii. 

 Pacific Gull, Gen. Si/n. Sup. ii. 332. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill dirty orange, swelling near the point, 

 where it is crossed with dusky or black ; general colour of the 

 plumage deep brown, but the under parts, the rump, and tips of the 

 lesser wing coverts very pale brown, approaching to white; tail 

 rather short, rounded at the end ; legs dusky, with the segments of 

 the shins paler than the rest. 



Inhabits New-Holland. The base of the bill seems enlarged, 

 but whether furnished with a cere as in the last, is uncertain. It is 

 known by the name of Troo-gad-dill. 



A. — Length twenty-four inches. Bill from gape to point nearly 

 three inches, colour dusky, crossed with black near the point; irides 

 yellow; head dusky white, with a few brownish markings; neck 

 and breast yellowish buff-colour; belly, thighs, and vent, white; 

 back brown ; tail short : quills dark, exceeding the tail in length by 

 more than an inch ; legs long, brown, with paler segments ; thighs 

 bare for one inch anda half at least. 



Inhabits New-Holland : probably the Pacific Gull ; though the 

 drawing not shewing the rump, the colour of that part could not be 

 ascertained : called the Large Grey Gull. 



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