BRITISH BIRDS 
3G 
THE YOUNG ICELAND GULL. 
The above figure was taken from the stuffed speci- 
men of the bird before it had attained its full plumage : 
it is mottled much in the same way as the Wagel, but 
the colours are different, the ground colour of the whole 
plumage being of a dull white, and the spots of a pale 
dingy brown ; the bill is of a dark horn colour, length 
from the tip to the brow an inch and a half, and to the 
corners of the mouth, nearly three inches: the legs 
and toes of a pale flesh colour, the former two inches 
and a half long : the irides are of a silvery grey : the 
whole length of the bird between two and three feet ; 
