26^ ON THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF 
Young Bird of the first year, — Beak brown at the base, 
and black toward the tip ; feet dull ochre-yellow. Throat 
and fore part of the neck whitish, with longitudinal streaks 
of pale brown ; neck and under parts whitish, almost en- 
tirely covered with large spots of very deep brown ; upper 
parts and wings, with the feathers blackish-brown in the 
middle, margined with a narrow yellowish band ; tail-fea- 
thers at the base pale grey marbled with black, the rest 
blackish-brown, excepting the tips, which are whitish; 
quills deep black. Temm. 
Other stages not known with certainty, though they may 
be inferred to be analogous to those of the preceding spe- 
cies. 
Country. — This species is found in summer in all the 
northern parts of Europe and America ; in England, and 
on the Baltic. In autumn, on its passage southward, is seen 
on the coasts of France and Holland ; more common on the 
Mediterranean than the preceding species. Temm, 
Manners and /^ood— The manners of this species are 
pretty similar to those of the last. Like it, also, it some- 
times proceeds to a considerable distance inland in quest of 
food. Montagu observes, that it is much less numerous 
than the preceding species. 
Distinctive Characters.— In the adult state this species 
is distinguished from the preceding, by its great inferiority 
of size, by the greater proportional elongation of the beak, 
by the bright yellow colour of the feet, those of the other 
being pale flesh-colour, by the different tint of the back and 
wings. We have as yet no good distinctive characters be- 
tween the young of this species and of the L. argenteuSy 
which are nearly equal in size. Montagu professes to be 
