302 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Description. 



with black string}' flesh; yet the young ones are 

 better food; and of these, with several other 

 birds of the penguin kind, the poor inhabitants 

 of our northern islands make their wretched ban- 

 quets. They have been long used to no other 

 food; and even a salted gull can be relished by 

 those who know no better." 



THE BROWN GULL 



IS considerably less than the former, the bill 

 is about an inch and a half long, black to- 

 wards the extremity, the rest of a light brown 

 or horn colour, shaped much like the former; the 

 eyes are small, the circles yellow, and the nostrils 

 in an oblong form. The head and all the upper 

 parts of the body and wings are of a dusky sort 

 of brown colour, except some of the prime fea- 

 thers of the wings, which are quite black. The 

 belly and breast are of a more bright colour, in- 

 terspersed with a considerable number of trans- 

 verse brown lines. The tail is black, the legs and 

 feet of a brownish yellow, and the claws black. 



This seems to be an uncommon bird, and not 

 known to authors that have written upon the 

 subject, being classed among the gull-kind, 

 chiefly from the resemblance of its bill and legs. 

 Mr. Albin says, it seems to be a non-descript 

 bird. 



