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BRITISH BIRDS, 
WAGEL, 
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GREAT GREY GULL, GRISARD, OR BURGO-MASTER. 
( hams nccviuSi Lin.—Z^ Gotland varie ou le Grlfard, BufF.) 
Tpiis Gull is about two feet in length, and five in 
breadth, and weighs nearly three pounds ; but the 
individuals vary much in their fize, fome of them 
being lefs, and others larger than thefe dimenfions. 
The bill is black, fcarcely three inches long : the 
irides dark blue. The whole plumage is a mixture 
of afh-coloured brown and white. The feathers 
on the back are dark in the middle, with whitifh 
grey edges : the wing coverts nearly the fame, but 
more fpotted; and the under parts of the body 
