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breadth above five feet. By the fishermen of Zetland, 
it is called the Iceland Scorie, Scorie being the name 
given there. indiscriminately to the young of the three 
most familiar species of the Gull tribe ; hence Mr Ed- 
mondston conjectures it must at least be known in Ice- 
land. 
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