( 79 ; 



The hrown headed Gull. 



Numb. LXXXVI. 



ITS Weight was feven Ounces and a half; Length, 

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

 was fixteen Inches ; Breadth, when the Wings were ex- 

 tended, thirty eight Inches: its Bill vv^as red, fliarp -pointed 

 and a little bending; the under Mandible bunches out 

 into an Angle ; the Eyes are black, the Irides red, and 

 encompalFed with a broad Circle of white Feathers ; the 

 Head and Throat were of a browniili Colour, towards 

 the Neck more dusky, as it were ending in a Shadow. 

 The whole Body is white with a Tin6l:ure of pale yel- 

 lowifh green, excepting the Back and outer covert Fea- 

 thers of the Wing, wiiich were afli-coloured ; the prime 

 Feathers of the Wings were black, their exteriour Webs 

 white. 



The Tail was almoft five Inches long, made up of 

 twelve white Feathers of equal Length. 



Its Legs and Feet were of the fame Colour of the Bill ; 

 the Claws black, crooked, and fmall; the back Toe fmall. 

 Thefe Birds are very frequent in the River Thames near 

 Grave/end. 



MM 

 WW 



The 



