British zoology . ad. neck, bread, and Vol. II. * tiorth Wales, Go belly, 54* BL-ACKTERN. Class II. belly, as far as the vent, are black; beyond iswhite: the male has a white fpot under its chin:the back and wings are of a deep afli color: thetail is fhort and forked ; the exterior feather on eachfide is white ; the others a(h colored: the legs andfeet of a dufky red. Mr. Ray calls this a cloven-footed gull; as the webs are deprefTed in the mid-dle, and form a crefcent. Thefe birds frequentfrefh waters; breed on their banks, and lay threefmall eggs of a deep olive color, much fpotted withblack
British zoology . ad. neck, bread, and Vol. II. * tiorth Wales, Go belly, 54* BL-ACKTERN. Class II. belly, as far as the vent, are black; beyond iswhite: the male has a white fpot under its chin:the back and wings are of a deep afli color: thetail is fhort and forked ; the exterior feather on eachfide is white ; the others a(h colored: the legs andfeet of a dufky red. Mr. Ray calls this a cloven-footed gull; as the webs are deprefTed in the mid-dle, and form a crefcent. Thefe birds frequentfrefh waters; breed on their banks, and lay threefmall eggs of a deep olive color, much fpotted withblack. They are found during fpring and fummer invaft numbers in the Fens of Lincoln/hire-, makean incefTant noife, and feed as well on flies as waterinfects and fmall fifli. Birds of this fpecies are feen very remote fromland. Kalm faw flocks of hundreds in the Atlanticocean, midway between England and America ; anda later voyager allured me he faw one 240leagues from the Lizard^ in the fame ocean. BILL STORMY
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