BIRDS. ANSERES. 41. Larus. 
*Canus. White ; back hoary ; primary quill-feathers black 
ends, the fourth and fifth with a black fpot 2t 
the tip, the outer one black without. 
2 . Head fpotted with brown ; neck brown above; wil' 
thers white with a black band : the younger bird- 
Inhabits Europe and America : 17 inches long. 
Bill yellow ; irids hazel ; legs greeniih-whitc. 
*Marinus. White ; Back black. Slack-baritd ^ 
2. White; back and wIngS koary ; primary quill-R** 
black towards the tip : the aged bird. jiJll 
3. White ; back cinereous ; tail tipt with black j 
blackifh ; quill-feathers black : young bird’. j;|!i 
Inhabits Europe and America ; 29 inches long ; feeds 
and young birds ; eggs blackilh-grey with dark 
fpots. 
idithy- 
ietus. 
‘^Fuftus. 
Giaucus, 
Bill yello-w, lower mandible with a red fpot near the 
black in the middle ; irids yellow ; lower part of 
white ; quill-feathers black tipt with white ; l(S^ 
coloui'j 
Snowy ; head and as far as the middle of the neck^ 
eyelids white; 
Inhabits the Cafpiar. Sea; fize of the bcrnacle. 
Bill fcarlet, yellow at the bafe and tip, w-ith a brown 
the tip ; mouth red within ; irids brown ; legt- 
brov/n. 
White ; back brown ; legs yellow; 
Inhabits Europe, North America arid A/ia ; rriigrates iri 
to Iceland: 23 inches long; feeds on filli, H 
herrings, the Ihpals of which filhenneA are direfted 
thefe birds hovering over and following them : ^0® 
whitilli fpotted with black. 
Bill yellow ; irids ftravv-colour ; 5 firft quill-feathers 
black. 
White ; back and wings hoary; quill-feathers tip^ fj' 
white ; bill yellow, faffron at the angle. 1 v®' 
Inhabits Europe and Stueden ; larger than the laft ; i® ^ 
racious, and preys on Imaller birds, filh and carrion- _ 
Bill much hooked at the tip, the lower mandible Ibortsf 
.1, lengthened at the little end, and marked With 
greenifli, 
Ipots. 
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