BIRDS. 
140 
SPECIES III. 
Northern Doucker. Wit. orn. 343. 
Rail fyn. av. 125. 
Edzv. av. ’97, 146. 
Lumme. tVbrmii mus. 304. 
Species whole native country we (ufpe£t 
to be Norway ; but having received 
it from Lancajhire we give it a place 
here. Its fhape is more elegant than that of the 
others. The head fmall and taper : the bill 
Rrait, and lefs ftrong : the fize about a fourth 
left than the preceding. The head and chin are 
of a fine uniform grey: the hind part of the 
neck marked with dufky and white lines, pointing 
[Clafs II. 
The red necked Diver. 
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Colymbus ar&icus. Lin. fy ft. 133 ? 
Mergus gutture rubro —■ gutture 
nigro. Briffon av. VI. 111,& 1 15. 
Tab. 11. Fig. x. 
downwards : the fore part of the neck a dull 
red : the whole upper part of the body, tail and 
wings, of the fame colors and marks with the 
former : the underfide of the body white : the 
legs dulky. The fp ecies with a black fpot on the 
neck is fuppofed to difier only in fex from this. 
It is the Lumme of the Norwegians ; is faid to 
breed on the fides of the lakes in the Northern 
parts of Europe , and to lay two eggs. 
GENUS XIII. GULLS. 
SPECIES I. The great black and white Gull. Plate 2 
TVil. orn. 344. 
Raii fyn. av. 127. 
T h e weight of this fpecies is near five 
pounds: the length twenty-nine inches: 
the breadth five feet nine. The bill is 
very ftrong and thick, and almoft four inches 
long; the color a pale yellow ; but the lower 
mandible is marked with a red fpot, with a black 
one in the middle. The irides yellow : the edges 
of the eye-lids orange color : the head, neck, 
whole under fide, tail, and lower part of the 
back, are white : the upper part of the back, and 
Larus niger. Briffon av. VI. 158. 
Larus marinus. Lin. jyft. 136, 
wings, are black ; the quil feathers tipt with 
white : the legs of a pale flefh color. 
This kind inhabites our coafts in fmall num¬ 
bers ; and breeds in the higheft cliffs. It feeds 
not only on fifh; but like the Raven, very gree¬ 
dily devours carrion. Its egg is very blunt at 
each end; of a dufky olive color, quite black at 
the greater end ; and the reft of it thinly marked 
with dufky fpots. 
SPECIES II. The brown and ferruginous Gull. Plate £ 6. 
Our CataraSla, I luppofe the Cornifh 
Gannet. ITU. orn « 348 , 
Raii fyn . av. 128. 
Catamites. Sibb. Scot ,. Tab* 14 , 
H I s is the moft formidable of the 
gull kind: its prey being not only fifh, 
but all the lefler forts of water fowl, 
fuch as teal, &c. The ftrength of the bill and 
Sea Eagle. Sibb, hift. Fife. 4 6. 
Stercorarius ? Briffon av. VI. 150. 
Skua Hoieri, Clujii Exot. 368, 369. 
Skua. Brunnich. ornith. 33. 
daws is fuperior to that of any other of the genus; 
the former is two inches one fourth long, very 
much hooked at the end, and very fharp ; the 
upper mandible is covered more than half way 
with 
