. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . .) Genus Lartjs. Generic Characters.—Beak long or middle-sized, strong, hard,compressed, with cutting edges, curved towards the point,the inferior mandible forming a projecting angle. Nostrilslateral, in the middle of the beak, split longitudinally, narrow,pierced from side to side. Peet slender; naked above theknee; tarsi long; three toes in front, entirely webbed; thehind toe free, short, and articulated very high on the with quills of equal length. Wings long, the first primarya little longer tli
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . .) Genus Lartjs. Generic Characters.—Beak long or middle-sized, strong, hard,compressed, with cutting edges, curved towards the point,the inferior mandible forming a projecting angle. Nostrilslateral, in the middle of the beak, split longitudinally, narrow,pierced from side to side. Peet slender; naked above theknee; tarsi long; three toes in front, entirely webbed; thehind toe free, short, and articulated very high on the with quills of equal length. Wings long, the first primarya little longer tlian the second. AUDOUINS GULL. Larus audouinii. Larus audouinii, Payeodeau; Ann. des Societ. Nat., audouin, Of the Feench. Buntschndhlige Move, Of the Corso, Of Savi. Specific Characters.—Wings very long, passing a considerabledistance beyond the end of the tail; beak strong; feet black;middle toe much shorter than the tarsus; most frequently twotransverse bands on the beak. Length eighteen to twentyinches; tarsus two inches. \ > ^. o Q< ../;.*••.-•,.». %^*J^ ?•••.••.•■...•-.:
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