. A history of British birds . VOL. III. 4 o 650 GA VLE. KiSSA TEIDACTYLA (LiunffiUS*). THE KITTIWAKE GULL. Larus tridactyliis. RissA, Stcphcns-f.—Bill rather short and stout, the upper mandible consider-ably decurved to the til), the lower mandible compressed, with the intercruralspace long and narrow ; nostrils median, linear, oblong. Wings long, pointed, thefirst primary slightly exceeding the second. Tail slightly but perceptibly forkedin the young : nearly square in the adult; tarsus very short in proportion to tbefoot ; hind loe very small and usually obsolete ; claws
. A history of British birds . VOL. III. 4 o 650 GA VLE. KiSSA TEIDACTYLA (LiunffiUS*). THE KITTIWAKE GULL. Larus tridactyliis. RissA, Stcphcns-f.—Bill rather short and stout, the upper mandible consider-ably decurved to the til), the lower mandible compressed, with the intercruralspace long and narrow ; nostrils median, linear, oblong. Wings long, pointed, thefirst primary slightly exceeding the second. Tail slightly but perceptibly forkedin the young : nearly square in the adult; tarsus very short in proportion to tbefoot ; hind loe very small and usually obsolete ; claws rather small, slightly curved. The Kittiwake is a Gull which is generally distributedon the shores of the British Islands, and remains with usin larger or smaller numbers throughout the year. Of ■ Larm triclacfi/lus, Linnreus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 224 (1766).t Stephens, ex Leach, in Shaws Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. i. p. 180 (1825). KITTIWAKE GULL. 651 all our species it is the most decidedly a rock-breeder,and it congregates in localities suitable to its habits—some
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