( 75 ) 

 The cloven-footed Gull, 



Numb. LXXXII. 



ITS Weight was feven Ounces and a half; the Length, 

 from the Point of the Bill to the End of the Tail, 

 was fixteen Inches and a half; Breadth, when the Wings 

 were extended, thirty fix Inches; Its Bill was ftreight 

 and black at the Point, the reft of a yellowilh white Co- 

 lour, having no Nob on the lower Mandible, in which 

 it differs from moft of the other Gulls ; the Noftrils ob- 

 long ; the Eyes black ; the Flead, Throat, Breaft, Belly, 

 and Thighs were of a fordid yellowiili white, clouded and 

 fpotted with a blueifh Afh-colour on the Breaft and upper 

 fide of the Neck. The Wings were fomething longer 

 than the Tail ; the Number of prime Feathers in each 

 Wing was about twenty eight, the firft four of a dusky 

 brown, the reft of the quill Feathers of a light brownilh 

 Colour with cinereous Edges, as was alfo the Back and 

 all the covert Feathers of the Wings ; the under fides of 

 the fame Colour but more dilute. 



The Tail was five Inches long, made up of twelve 

 Feathers of a dusky brown Colour, with a broad black 

 Border at the Ends : the Legs were bare above the fe- 

 cond Joint ; both Legs and Feet of a pale fea green ^ Co- 

 lour ; the Toes of a more dusky green inclining to an 

 Aili-colour, bordered on each Side with lateral Mem- 

 branes and joined at the Bottom ; the Claws black. Three 

 of thefe Birds I bought of a Poulterer, viz. two Hens and 

 one Cock, but could not perceive any DilFerence in the 

 Shape, Bignefs, or Colours of them. 



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