. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. 197. THE COMMON GULL. COMMON SEA-MALL, OR MEW.[Larus Canus, Lin.—La Grande Mouette cendree. Buff.) The Common Gull generally measures between sixteenand seventeen inches in length, thirty-six, and sometimesmore, in breadth, and weighs about one pound. Thebill is pale yellow, tinged with green,* and an inch andthree-quarters long: irides hazel: edges of the eye-lidsred: the upper part of the head and cheeks, and thehinder part and sides of the neck are streaked with duskyspots : the back, scapulars, and wings are of a
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. 197. THE COMMON GULL. COMMON SEA-MALL, OR MEW.[Larus Canus, Lin.—La Grande Mouette cendree. Buff.) The Common Gull generally measures between sixteenand seventeen inches in length, thirty-six, and sometimesmore, in breadth, and weighs about one pound. Thebill is pale yellow, tinged with green,* and an inch andthree-quarters long: irides hazel: edges of the eye-lidsred: the upper part of the head and cheeks, and thehinder part and sides of the neck are streaked with duskyspots : the back, scapulars, and wings are of a fine palebluish grey : the throat, rump, tail, and all the underparts are pure white : the first two quills are black, witha pretty large white spot near the tips j the next four aretipped with black, and the secondaries largely with white : * Buffon says, the bluish bill and feet, always observable in thisfpecies, ought to distinguish it from every other, in which the feetare generally of a flesh colour, more or less vennillion or livid. 2 B 2 198 BRITISH BIRDS. the legs ar
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