SECTION VL 



Of S e A^G ulls, called inLatine, Lari. 



Chap. L 



Of Gulls in general. 



1 VUs are a whole-footed fowl, with an indifferent long, narrow, (harp^ 

 ''This is true ff pointed Bill, *a little crooked at the end, oblong Nofthrils- Ions and 



& rf VT ^ ^ in § s ''^ Le ? s > fma11 Feet ( for the y do n ot fwim much)!light 

 Gulls. ^ body, but lnvefted with many and thick-fet feathers, a earrion carkafs the 



fat that is flicking to the skin, [ as in other birds 5 ] much upon the Wing,very ckmo- 



* Feeding r0 us, hungry, and * pifcivorous. 



upon fi/h. Thefe we divide into tWQ kinds ^ Firft ^ The greater, which have Tails compofed of 



feathers of equal length, and an angular prominency or knob on the lower Chap of 

 the Bill underneath, to ftrengthen it, that they may more ftrongly hold fifties. 2.The 



* or but 3 leffer, which have a forked Tail, and no * knob on the Bill. Both kinds may be divi- 

 one! fma11 ded'mto pied or particoloured, and grey, or brown. 



G 



Chap. II. 



The greater Gulls with Tails of equal feathers, 



f 4nd firftfuch as are pied or particoloured of white and cinereous or black* 



*. I. 



The great blach^and white Gull: Larus ingens marinus Clufii. 



HP 1 



l His Bird, thebiggeftbymuch of all the Gulls we have hitherto feen, weighed 

 four pounds and twelve 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 feven. Its Bill was yellow, comprefled fideways, more than 

 three inches long, fomething hooked at the end, and like in figure to thofeof the reft 

 of this kind. The lower Mandible underneath bunched out into a knob, marked on 

 each fide with a double fpot, the lower red, the upper black. The edges of the Eye- 

 lids roundabout were ot a Saffron colour. The Head great, flat-crowned. Both 

 Head, Neck, Breaft, Belly, and Tail white. The middle of the Back and the Wings, 

 excepting the tij>s of the quil-feathers, were black. Each Wing had about thirty- 

 four feathers in the firft row, all black, with white tips. Its Tail was fix inches long, 

 made up of twelve fhow- white feathers : Its Legs and Feet white : Its Claws black. 

 It had a final? back-toe 5 a wide Mouth, a long Tongue, a large Gullet. It preys up- 

 on fifhes : For out of its ftomach differed we took a Plaife entire. It had a great Li- 

 ver divided into two Lobes, with a Gall adhering : Short and fmall blind guts : A 

 mufculous Stomach, and an oblong Spleen. 



In another bird of thiskind, ( which was I fuppofe a young one ) both the top of 



the Head and the Neck were particoloured of black and white : The Back and Wings 



paler than in that defcribed. I fuppofe that this is the very fame bird which Clufiu* 



* urn ^wdefcribes in the fifth Book of his Exotics, Chap.9. under the title of a * huge Sea-gull, 



manmis. though his defcription be not fo full and exact, as being taken only from a Picture. 



This Bird wefaw and defcribed at Chejier, being not rarely found on the Sea-coafts 

 near that City. In the Feroe Ijlands it is called, The Swarth-back. 



