. The birds of Europe . erysimple, the mantle and wing-coverts being fine pearl grey; the quills are tipped and bordered along theirouter margin with black ; the head, neck, tail, and under surface white ; bill yellow ; tarsi and toes darkolive green. The young of the year have the bill black; head, neck, chest, and under parts white, with the exceptionof a black spot near the eye and nearly encircling it; a marked crescent of black crosses the upper part ofthe back, and advances upon the neck ; the rest of the back and scapulars are grey ; the lesser wing-covertsblack ; the greater coverts an
. The birds of Europe . erysimple, the mantle and wing-coverts being fine pearl grey; the quills are tipped and bordered along theirouter margin with black ; the head, neck, tail, and under surface white ; bill yellow ; tarsi and toes darkolive green. The young of the year have the bill black; head, neck, chest, and under parts white, with the exceptionof a black spot near the eye and nearly encircling it; a marked crescent of black crosses the upper part ofthe back, and advances upon the neck ; the rest of the back and scapulars are grey ; the lesser wing-covertsblack ; the greater coverts and secondaries grey, passing into dull white, with terminal patches of black ; tailwhite, largely tipped with black. After the first general moult the black markings become more obscure and limited, and the bill acquires atinge of olive ; at the next autumn moult, that is, in twelve months after the first, the full plumage isacquired. Our Plate represents an adult bird and a young bird of the year, of the natural size. ,. ^b ub * In ^ Q (0 > M v i vo \* IVORY GULL. Larus eburneus, Linn. La Mouette blanche, ou Senateur. From the circumstance of two or three examples of this heautiful Gull having been captured at different timeswithin theprecincts of the British Islands, all modern writers have included it in the Fauna of this country. Thesnowy whiteness of its plumage renders it one of the most delicate and interesting species of its genus. Dwell-ing almost solely within the regions of the arctic circle, the few stragglers which now and then pass theboundary line, and visit the more temperate portions of the European continent, are, if taken by the ornithologistduring these peregrinations, considered a prize of no little rarity and value. The first authenticated instanceof its being captured in the British Islands was communicated to the Wernerian Society by L. Edmonston, Esq.,and a notice of the occurrence published in the fourth volume of the Memoirs of that Society. This in
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