. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . .. Z/w : /.,7 .>l /■ /.i-icd- (rillt ( 77) The white Gulh Numb. LXXXIV. ITS Weight was eight Ounces and three quarters; theLength, from the Point of the Bill to the End ofthe Tail, was fifteen Inches and a half; the Breadth,when the Wings were expanded, thirty fix Inches; itsBill redifli and fomething bending at the Point, the lowerMandible bunching out into an Angle; the Noftrils oblong ;the Eyes black, the Irides white with aCircleof Aih-co-lour; the Head, Throat, Breaft, an
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . .. Z/w : /.,7 .>l /■ /.i-icd- (rillt ( 77) The white Gulh Numb. LXXXIV. ITS Weight was eight Ounces and three quarters; theLength, from the Point of the Bill to the End ofthe Tail, was fifteen Inches and a half; the Breadth,when the Wings were expanded, thirty fix Inches; itsBill redifli and fomething bending at the Point, the lowerMandible bunching out into an Angle; the Noftrils oblong ;the Eyes black, the Irides white with aCircleof Aih-co-lour; the Head, Throat, Breaft, and Belly white, with afaint Tin6l:ure of yellow; the Back and covert Feathersof the Wings afh-colour; the prime Feathers of theWings black, with their Edges and Tips white, fhootingbeyond the Tail about two Inches ; the Tail was five Incheslong, compofed of twelve white Feathers of equal Length. The Legs and Feet were of a fordid green, bare abovethe Knees; the back Toe fmall, the Claws fmall and ofan obfcure dusky Colour. This Gull and moft of the fmall Kind are very ufe-full in Gardens to deftroy Worms, and In
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