British zoology . Class II. ARCTIC GULL 533 hind part .of the latter plain, the reft marked withoblong dufky fpots. The breaft and belly are white, crofTed withnumerous dufky and yellowifh lines : the featherson the fides and the vent, are barred tranfverfelywith black and white : the back, fcapulars, co-verts of the wings and tail, are black, beautifullyedged with white or pale ruft color: the fhafts andtips of the quil-feathers are white: the exterior web,and upper half of the interior web black, but thelower part of the latter white: the tail confifts oftwelve black feathers tipt with white
British zoology . Class II. ARCTIC GULL 533 hind part .of the latter plain, the reft marked withoblong dufky fpots. The breaft and belly are white, crofTed withnumerous dufky and yellowifh lines : the featherson the fides and the vent, are barred tranfverfelywith black and white : the back, fcapulars, co-verts of the wings and tail, are black, beautifullyedged with white or pale ruft color: the fhafts andtips of the quil-feathers are white: the exterior web,and upper half of the interior web black, but thelower part of the latter white: the tail confifts oftwelve black feathers tipt with white; the two mid-dle of which, are near an inch longer than theothers: the fhafts are white; and the exterior websof the outmoft feather is fpotted with ruft legs are of a bluifh lead color: the lower partof the toes and webs black. A bird of this kind was taken near Oxford, andcommunicated to the Royal Society by Dr. Lyfonsof Gloucefter. The Struntjagger, or Dung- Larus Parafiticus. Lin. fyft* 245. Arctic
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