. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . the Wings are black with cinereous Tips and Edges; the lefTercovert Feathers of the Wings are of a mixt Colour of cinereous andblack, thofe on the under fide of the Wing are white. The Bill is more than two Inches long, the upper Mandible of abrownifh Afli-colour, longer than the nether and crooked at the End;the nether underneath black, and bunching out into an Angle or Knob,as in other great Gul/s; the Tongue white, cloven, reaching to the Endof the Bill; the Eyes hazel-coloure
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . the Wings are black with cinereous Tips and Edges; the lefTercovert Feathers of the Wings are of a mixt Colour of cinereous andblack, thofe on the under fide of the Wing are white. The Bill is more than two Inches long, the upper Mandible of abrownifh Afli-colour, longer than the nether and crooked at the End;the nether underneath black, and bunching out into an Angle or Knob,as in other great Gul/s; the Tongue white, cloven, reaching to the Endof the Bill; the Eyes hazel-coloured, and furniflied with nidlating Mem-branes; the Ears great; the Legs and Feet of a dusky greenifh Colour;the back Toe little, armed with a fmall Claw, the inner fore Toe theleaft; the Claws black, that of the middle Toe fharp on the inner fide. The Guts were long, being twenty eight Inches, having many fpiralRevolutions; the Stomach mufculous; the Liver divided into two Lobes,the Gall-bladder large. It frequents moift Meadows, Fens, and Rivers,and fometimes plowed Lands many Miles diftant from the Sea. ne fi-. Aia/^U! UJ !//£/ TL Coi/Jj //^4f <y
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