WEB-FOOTED. 
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Clamorous, much on the wing, gregarious, lays four eggs on the 
ground. 
Inhabits Europe , and America , North and South. 
Sterna of Linn^us, and Brijfon VI. 202. Linn^us has VII fpe- 
cies, Brijfon the fame. 
Bill, ftrong, flrait, but bending down at the point ; on the under 
part of the lower mandible an angular prominency. 
Nostrils, oblong and narrow, placed in the middle of the bill. 
Tongue, a little cloven. 
Body, light ; Wings, long. 
Legs, fmall, and naked above the knees; back toe fmall. 
LXXXVIII. 
GULL. 
Great Black and White Gull, Br. Zool. fol. tab. L. 
Winter Mew, Br. Zool. II. tab. LXXXVI. 
An univerfal genus ; much on the wing, clamorous, hungry, pif- 
civorous, carnivorous, gregarious ; lays four or five eggs, ge- 
nerally on high cliffs. 
Earus of Linnyeus, and Earns and Stercoraria of Brijfon VI. 153. 
The fir ft has XI fpecies, the laft XVIII. 
Ex. 
Bill, ftrait; but hooked at the end. 
Nostrils, cylindric, tubular. 
Tongue. 
Legs, naked above the knees. 
Back Toe, none ; inftead, a fnarp fpur pointing downwards. 
lxxxix. 
PETREL. 
Fulmar, Br. Zool. fol. tab. M. 2. 
Stormy Petrel, Br. Zool. IV. tab. XCI. 
Ex. 
Inhabits 
