British zoology . ataratla; this, and the arffic bird of Mr. Ed-wards, birds of very different characters. M. Brif-fo?i does not feem perfectly acquainted with thisbird ; for the fynonym of the Skua, given by himto his fifth gull (our brown and white gull) be-longs to this fpecies; and his print of the Stereo-raireraye, p. ^ 13. torn. VI. to which hehas given the fynonym of Mr. Edwardss ar&icbird, feems to be the very fame which we havehere defcribed. 244. Black Cepphus. Aldr. a-v. III. $S. The Cepphus. PhiLTranfatltoed. mi. orn. 351. 135. Raiifyn. av. 129. Catharafta Cepphus, Str
British zoology . ataratla; this, and the arffic bird of Mr. Ed-wards, birds of very different characters. M. Brif-fo?i does not feem perfectly acquainted with thisbird ; for the fynonym of the Skua, given by himto his fifth gull (our brown and white gull) be-longs to this fpecies; and his print of the Stereo-raireraye, p. ^ 13. torn. VI. to which hehas given the fynonym of Mr. Edwardss ar&icbird, feems to be the very fame which we havehere defcribed. 244. Black Cepphus. Aldr. a-v. III. $S. The Cepphus. PhiLTranfatltoed. mi. orn. 351. 135. Raiifyn. av. 129. Catharafta Cepphus, Strand- hoeg. Brunnicb, ornitb. 126, Dkscrjp. THIS fpecies weighs eleven ounces: its lengthis fifteen inches: its breadth thirty-nine: thebill is one inch and a half long, the upper part co-vered with a brown cere: the noflrils like thofeof the former; the end black and crooked. Thefeathers of the forehead come pretty low on thebill: the head and neck are of a dirty white: the hind. PL. L XXXVI . I . winter
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