BRITISH BIRDS. 
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two eggs of a dingy greenifli colour, fpotted with 
brown : thefe, as well as the flefli of the birds, are 
held in great eftimation by the Greenlanders, who 
alfo ufe their Ikins for caps and garments. 
After many doubts and furmifes refpefting the 
Tarrock, the prevailing opinion among ornitholo- 
gifts is, that it is only the Kittiwake not arrived at 
full age and plumage. 
A fpecimen of this bird, prefented by Charles 
John Brandling, Efq. of Gosforth, had not the black 
fpot on the throat. The leffer wing coverts were 
very dark brown 5 the firft five quills were black on 
the outer webs and tips ; the tips of the next two 
were marked with a black fpot ; and the two outfide 
feathers of the tail were tipped in the fame way. 
