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ICELAND GULL. 
outer webs ; feet and legs appear to have been flesh- 
colour ; the bill with a pale tip, across the angle 
brownish black, base pale flesh-colour. “ In the 
young state the ground colour of the plumage is 
greyish white, barred or spotted with pale brown. 
The Iceland Gdll, Larus Icelandicds, Ed- 
mond t tone. — Iceland or LesserWkite-winged Gull of 
British authors . — This species, so very closely allied 
to the last as not to be easily distinguished except 
by its lesser size and proportionally larger wings 
(while some differences have been observed in its 
habits), was also noticed by Mr. Edmondstone as an 
occasional visitant to Shetland; a few specimens have 
have been killed on the English shores ; Mr. Thomp- 
son has observed it in Ireland, and the same gen- 
tleman has noticed its appearance on the south-west 
coast of Scotland. * We have occasionally seen 
what we considered to be this bird, on the shores 
of the Solway, and a young specimen before us was 
killed in the Firth of Forth. Like the last, how- 
ever, it is also an Arctic bird, and was met with by 
most of the Arctic expeditious. It was found breed- 
ing in company with the glaucous gull on the face 
of tho same precipice, but at a much less height and 
in much greater numbers. It is also found in Ice- 
land, and Faber has given an account of its habits 
there ; it is a tame bird, following the boats of the 
fishermen on shore, to feed on the refuse thrown 
from them. 
Mag. of Nat. Hist. 
