ARCTIC BIRD. 
We have figured this bird, from Edwards^ 
under the. name which it has received from 
that excellent , ornithologist ; vvho, we think, 
gives good reasons; for separating it from the 
Gulls, though it has been arranged with them 
by almost every other naturalist. 
" This bird," says Edwards, *^ seems to 
exceed, in bigness, a common Tame Pigeon. 
Some of it's principal measures are as follows 
—The bill, from the point to the angles of the 
mouth, is one inch and a half; to the feathers 
on the forehead, only an inch — the wing, when 
closed, is twelve inches long — the middle fea- 
thers of the tail are thirteen inches long— the 
leg, from the knee downw^v. is near two 
inches — the middle-toe, an inch and a quarter. 
This bird differs from the Gull^ — [Larus] — in 
having a different-made bill, and weaker legs, 
and shorter toes in proportion to the legs ; for 
the middle-toe, in the Gull, generally exceeds 
the length of the leg. This being found in 
the Northern parts of America, near the Arc- 
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