. An illustrated manual of British birds . expires on AugustI St; and thousands are then slaughtered to provide plumes for ladieshats. The food consists of fish and marine animals ; sea-water isdrunk in preference to fresh ; and marked birds have been known tofollow vessels across the North Atlantic. The name is derived fromthe note, as are those of Racket and Hacklet; the young birdis often called Tarrock. The adult in summer has the bill greenish-yellow j mantle deepgrey ; primaries black on the lower portion from the ist to the 5th,being barred with black on the 6th; head, neck, tail and un
. An illustrated manual of British birds . expires on AugustI St; and thousands are then slaughtered to provide plumes for ladieshats. The food consists of fish and marine animals ; sea-water isdrunk in preference to fresh ; and marked birds have been known tofollow vessels across the North Atlantic. The name is derived fromthe note, as are those of Racket and Hacklet; the young birdis often called Tarrock. The adult in summer has the bill greenish-yellow j mantle deepgrey ; primaries black on the lower portion from the ist to the 5th,being barred with black on the 6th; head, neck, tail and underparts white; legs and feet blackish. Length 155 in., wing 12 winter the nape and hind-neck are grey, like the mantle. Theyoung bird has the bill black; nape greyish; shoulders, wing-coverts and inner secondaries thickly spotted with brownish-black ;ist to 4th quills blackish on the outer and on part of the inner web ;tail barred with dull brown near the tip ; legs and feet brown untilcomplete maturity is attained. I LARID/B. 669. ;;p^^^>^ THE IVORY ebirnea (Phipps). The first British specimen of this truly Arctic (kill was obtainedby the late Dr. Lawrence Edmonston during the winter of 1822, inthe Shetland Islands, where this species has subsequently beenmet with on several occasions. Four examples have been recordedfrom the Orkneys, one of them as late in spring as May ; whilesouthward, Sutherland, Caithness, Banffshire and Aberdeenshirehave been visited, and six or seven birds have been killed insouth-western waters, chiefly off the Firth of Clyde. In Englandthis Gull is, naturally, more frequent in the north than in thesouth ; but its migrations have extended to the Channel and Cornwall;while in Ireland two birds have been taken and others have beenobserved. Altogether we may consider that about thirty specimenshave been procured in the British Islands, and, of these, rathermore than half appear to have been adults. The Ivory Gull has been noticed
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