PLATE CCXXIX. 



LARUS CATARACTES. 



SKUA GULL. 



Anseres. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill ftraight^ (harp edged, a little hooked at the top and without 

 teeth lower mandible gibbous below the point: noftriis linear, 

 broader on the fore part and placed in the middle of the bill. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Greyifh ; quill and tail feathers white at the bafe ; tail fomewhat 

 equal. 



Lakus Cataractes: grifefcens, reraigibufque bafi albis, canda 

 fubaequali. Gmel, Si/Ji. Nat, 603. 11. — Limt. 

 SyJU 1. p. 226. 11. 

 LaiL Ind. Orn. 818. 12. 



Catarra6les et Catarra6la, Raii, Sj/n. p. 128. 



Catarra£i:es 



