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The great Sea Loon from Newfoundland. 



Numb. XCIII. 



TH E length from the tip of the Bill to the end of the 

 Tail is thirty five Inches, to the end of the Claws 

 forty four , breadth, when the Wings are extended, 

 four Foot five Inches; the Bill was five Inches long, black 

 ending in a fharp white Point 5 the Head and upper part 

 of the Neck are of a dulky brown. It had a white Spot 

 under its Bill, and a Ring of white about its Neck, the 

 lower part of the Neck green : The Back and covert Fea- 

 thers of the Wings are black fpotted with irregular Spots 

 of white; the prime Feathers of the Wings are black, their 

 exterior Edges white; the Breaft and Belly are white, the 

 Legs of a brown Colour nine Inches long; the outward 

 Toe, which was the longeft, was ^vt Inches long: It was 

 Web-footed like a Goofe; it feeds altogether on Filh. 



It was brought from Newfoundland^ and prefented to 

 the Right Honourable the Lord Ilay^ who was pleafed to 

 lend it me, to draw its Pi£hire. 



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