. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. IVORY, AND COMMON GULL. In its fecond ftage, is the fame with the Kittiwakei and in the laft, is the fame with the Larus Rtfa, 245 Larus eburneus, Phipps's Foy. 187'.—Laru, candidus. Faun. Groenl. N- 67. 457. Ivory. Rathftier, Marten's Spitzb. 77.—La Mouette blanche, Dg Bugon, viii. 422.— —i*/. Enl. ^()if.—Latham, iii. —Lev. Mus. (^^ With the bill and legs of a lead-color : whole plumage of a fnowy whitPH-fs. Length, to the end of the tail, fixteen inches. Extent ty-feven. Inhabits Spitzbergen and Greenland: alfo very frequent in the Place.
. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. IVORY, AND COMMON GULL. In its fecond ftage, is the fame with the Kittiwakei and in the laft, is the fame with the Larus Rtfa, 245 Larus eburneus, Phipps's Foy. 187'.—Laru, candidus. Faun. Groenl. N- 67. 457. Ivory. Rathftier, Marten's Spitzb. 77.—La Mouette blanche, Dg Bugon, viii. 422.— —i*/. Enl. ^()if.—Latham, iii. —Lev. Mus. (^^ With the bill and legs of a lead-color : whole plumage of a fnowy whitPH-fs. Length, to the end of the tail, fixteen inches. Extent ty-feven. Inhabits Spitzbergen and Greenland: alfo very frequent in the Place. frozen fea between Jfta and America -, and off cape Denbigh, a little to the fouth o( Bering's Streights. Keeps ufually far at fea; but when it does alight, is very ftupid, and eafily killed. The young are fpotted with black, and their bills arf black. Br. Zfiol. ii. N-249.—Larus canus. Homaka. Mave. Lapph Straale, Faun. 458. Common. Suec. N" 153—Latham, iii. —Lev. Mus. Q^ With a yellow bill: head, neck, tail, and all the under fide of the body, white : back and coverts of v;ings light grey: pri- maries dufky i near their extremities a white fpot: legs dull white, tinged with green. Length feventeen inches. Extent three f^et. Weight twelve ounces and a half. Inhabits as high as Iceland; and is common about the Ruffian Place. lakes. Is frequent on the coaft of Newfoundland. The Winter Gull, Br. is no other than this fpecies, not arrived at its full plumage. %'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. London : Printed for Robert Faulder . ..
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