( §9 ) 

 l^he great black and white Gull. 



Numb. XCIV. 



IT was the biggeft of all the Gulls I have yet feen ; it 

 weighed four Pounds and ten Ounces^ its length from 

 the tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail was twenty fix 

 Inches; its breadth from tip to tip of the Wings diftended 

 fixty fix Inches; its Bill was orange Colour, comprelTed 

 fideways more than three Inches long, fomething hooked 

 at the end, the lower Mandible underneath bunched out 

 into a Knob very red, the Noftrils oblong. 



The Irides of the Eyes are of a beautiful red, both Head, 

 Neck, Breafl, Belly and Tail are white; the middle of the 

 Back and the Wings are black, the tips of the Quill and 

 covert Feathers white. 



The Tail was fix Inches long, made up of twelve Snow 

 white Feathers; its Legs and Feet were flefh Colour the 

 Claws black; it had a fmall Back-toe, a wide Mouth, a 

 long Tongue, and a large Gullet; it preys upon Fifhes, 

 out of the Stomach of one diffefbed was taken a Plaife in- 

 tire. It had a great Liver divided into two Lobes with a 

 Gall adhering; Ihort and fmall blind Guts; a mufculous 

 Stomach, and an oblong Spleen. 



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