BIRDS. [Clafs II. 
SPECIES V. The Winter Mew. Plate E 2 . 
Winter mew, or coddy moddy. 
Wil. orn . 350. 
f || ^ H E S E weigh from fourteen to feven- 
teen ounces : the length eighteen in- 
ches ; the breadth three feet nine. The 
irides are hazel : the bill two inches long, but the 
fiendered of any gull \ it is black at the tip, 
whitilh towards the bafe. The crown of the head, 
and hind part, and (ides of the neck, are white, 
marked with oblong dulky fpots ; the forehead, 
throat, middle of the bread, belly and rump, are 
white ; the back, and fcapulars are of a pale 
grey; the lad fpotted with brown , the coverts 
of the wings are of a pale brown, edged with 
white ; the fird' quil feather is black 5 the fuc^ 
Rail fyn. av. 130. 
Gavia hyberna. Brijfon av. VI. 189. 
ceeding are tipt with white : the tail is white, 
eroded near the end with a black bar; the legs 
of a dirty white. 
This kind frequents, during winter, the moid 
meadows in the inland parts of England\ remote 
from the fea. The gelatinous fubdance, known 
by the name of Star foot, or Star Geliy , owes its 
origin to this bird, or fome of the kind \ being 
nothing but the half digeded remains of earth¬ 
worms, on which thefe birds feed, and often did 
charge from their domachs.* 
* Vide Mortons Nat . Hijl. Northampt . p. 353. 
SPECIES VI, 
Common fea mall. Wil. orn. 345. 
Common fea mall, or mew. Rail 
fyn. av. 127. 
I \ HIS , is the mod numerous of the ge¬ 
nus. It breeds on the ledges of the 
cliffs that impend over the fea : in win^ 
ter they are found in vad flocks on all our (bores, 
They differ a little in fize ; one we examined 
weighed twelve ounces and a half: its length 
The Common Gull. 
Gavia cinerea. ? Brijfon av. VI. 175. 
Tab. 16. Fig. 1. 
Larus canus. Lin. Jyft. 136. 
was feventeen inches : its breadth thirty-fix ; the 
bill yellow : the head, neck, tail, and whole un¬ 
der fide of the body, a pure white : the back, 
and coverts of the wings, a pale grey : near the 
end of the greater quil feathers was a black fpot: 
the legs a dull white, tinged with green. 
SPECIES VII 
Wil. orn . 346. 
Raii fyn. av. 128. 
Larus trida&ylus. Lin. fyft. 136. 
T H E length is fourteen inches; the 
breadth three feet: the weight only 
feven ounces. The bill is black, {hort, 
thick, and drong, the head large : the color of 
The Tarrock. Plate £ 3. 
Gavia cinerea nsevia. Brijfon av. VL 
185. Tab. 17. Fig. 2. 
that, the throat, neck, and whole under fide are 
white : near each ear, and under the throat, is a 
black fpot: on the hind part of the neck is a 
black ^credent, the horns pointing to the throat : 
the 
