PLATE CCXXXVII. 



Sterna re6ljicibus niaximis nigris. It. If got h. 182. — Jet Stockk, 

 1753. p. 291. 



Cathara6ta paralitica. Brim. N. 127, 128. — Faun. Groen. N** 68. 



Larus fubfufcus major, 8cc. Brazen Jam. 482. 



Stercorarius longicaiidus. Brif. vi. p. 155. 3. (male). — Stercorarius 



Brif. Yi. p. 150. (female). 

 Sterna re6lricibiis maximis oigris. It. Wgoth, 182. — Act» Holm. 



1753. p. 291. 



L'Abbe a longue queue. Buff. vni. p. 445, — PI. EnL 762. 

 Arctic Birds, Edw. t. 148. 149. 



Arctic Gull. Br. Zool. II. N° 2i5. t. sy.-^Jrd. ZooL IK 

 n. 459.— L«M. Ga/. %;y. vi. p. 3b[)- 1 6. / 99. 



This is one of the rareit fpecies of lite G»;l' tribe i;i Britaic : it h 

 found to inhabit the Weftern Ifles. The male ly <J.ft (igiailicd by dm 

 length of the two middle tail feaiher^j : tliefe m iddle tuil feathers in 

 the female are raiher longeft, but by no means fo confpicuoufly differ- 

 ent from the left as in the male bird. 



This is not the firojsgeft or njoft powerful of the Gull tribe found 

 on our coaft, being much inferior to the Skua or the Wagel, and not 

 in point of llze exceeding fome others, but it is fierce and rapacious, 

 and does not hefitate to attack the other Gulls with impunity. 

 Too indolent to puifue and catch its own prey, it lies in wait upon 

 the rocks, vvatchiug with apparent unconcern ihofe birds fwimming 

 and diving in the flialiows of the water, or turning up the fands in 

 queft of food, and when by thefe means, any one of them has obtained 

 a prize fuited to his inclination, he immediately darts down upon them 



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