. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. 209. THE SKUA GULL, OR BROWN GULL.[Larus catarra3esy Lin.—Zf Goiland brutiy Buff.) This stout Gull is two feet in length, and betweenfour and five from tip to tip of the extended wings, andweighs about three pounds. The bill is dark, more thantwo inches long, strong, much hooked, and sharp at thetip ; and, what is singular, it is covered to the nostrilswith a kind of cere, something like that of the Hawktribe. The whole upper plumage is of a deep brown,edged with a dull rust colour : the under parts are of thesame col
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. 209. THE SKUA GULL, OR BROWN GULL.[Larus catarra3esy Lin.—Zf Goiland brutiy Buff.) This stout Gull is two feet in length, and betweenfour and five from tip to tip of the extended wings, andweighs about three pounds. The bill is dark, more thantwo inches long, strong, much hooked, and sharp at thetip ; and, what is singular, it is covered to the nostrilswith a kind of cere, something like that of the Hawktribe. The whole upper plumage is of a deep brown,edged with a dull rust colour : the under parts are of thesame colours, but lighter; and in some birds, the headand throat are dashed or mixed with ash grey, and havethe secondary quills tipped with white : the tail is whiteat the root, the shafts are of the same colour, and thewebs of deep brown: the legs and toes are covered withcoarse black jcales j the claws are strong and hooked, th^inner one more so than the rest. 210 BRITISH BIRDS. This fierce species is met with by navigators in thehigh latitudes of both hemispheres, where they are
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