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all round blackish-grey, becoming deep black behind; the 
back and wings bluish-grey ; the other parts white. Young 
with the head spotted with blackish-grey and white ; the back 
and wings blackish-grey and yellowish-brow 7 n ; tail white, 
with a black band at the end. 
Male, 13, 33, 10#, 1, 1 T 5 ;, 1, T V Female, 12#, 32. 
This beautiful species, which breeds along the coasts of 
the arctic seas of America, and extends in winter as far south- 
ward as New England, has been met with in a few 7 instances 
in England, and on the coasts of the continent. 
Larus Sabini, Leach. Ross, Voy. App. PL 7. — Earns Sa- 
binei, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. iv. 488.— Favia Sabini, Sabine’s 
Mew 7 , MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, v. 
301. Gavia minttta. Little Mew. 
“ Length of the tarsus an inch ; shafts of the quills brown ; 
all the feathers of the wings tipped with pure white ; the legs 
when stretched out reach only about three-fourths of the 
length of the tail ; the hind toe very small, bearing a scarcely 
apparent straight claw. Length about eleven inches. Adult 
in winter with the forehead, space between the eye and bill, 
a large spot behind the eyes, throat, all the other lower parts, 
and the tail, pure white ; occiput, nape, a spot before the 
eyes, another over the ears, blackish-grey ; all the other upper 
parts light bluish-grey ; all the feathers of the w r ings of that 
colour terminated by a large space of pure white ; lower sur- 
face of the wings blackish ; bill and iris blackish-brown ; 
feet very bright vermillion ; the wings longer than the tail 
by an inch. In summer, the head and upper part of the neck 
black, a white crescent before the eyes, lower parts roseate- 
white ; rump and tail white ; the rest of the upper parts very , 
pale pure bluish-grey ; the primaries grey, and, w 7 ith the se- 
condaries, tipped with white ; bill deep lake-red, iris dark- 
brown, feet crimson-red. Young with the forehead, sides of 
the head, all the lower parts, and the tail, white ; upper parts 
variegated with brown and grey ; the tail slightly forked, with 
a broad terminal band of black; bill blackish-brown, feet 
livid flesh-colour.” Temminck. 
The above description is taken from M. Temminck, as I 
am not acquainted with this species, of which a few indivi- ! 
duals, in the immature state, have been met with in England, 
Scotland, and Ireland. It is said to occur in the Mediter- 
ranean at all seasons, and to extend even to Greenland, but 
to be of rare occurrence on the coasts of western Europe. 
Larus minutus, Lath. Ind. Oxnith. ii. 813. — Larus minutus, 
