HERRING GULL 429 



Genus LARUS, Linnaeus. 



GLAUCOUS GULL. 



Lams glaucus, Fabricius. Faun. GrcEiil., p. 100 



(1780). 



This large and fine Gull is a rare and only a winter 

 visitor to the coast of Kent, and few examples are recorded. 



The Eev. J. Pemberton Bartlett, in 1844, says that 

 " Dr. F. Plomley has obtained a specimen of this bird in 

 Eomney Marsh. Several of the Glaucous Gulls have been 

 seen this summer (1844) in the Marsh. Hitherto Dr. F. 

 Plomley has been unable to procure any of them." 



Mr. D. H. Fry, writing on December 16, 1846, says : 

 " Whilst staying a few days at Ramsgate, I saw two 

 examples of young Glaucous Gulls, one of which I 

 succeeded in shooting. The occurrence of this descrip- 

 tion of Gull is by no means common in this part of the 

 country." 



HEEEING GULL. 



Larus argentatus, Gmelin. S.N., i., p. 600 (1788). 



The Herring Gull is one of the most abundant species, 

 at all times of the year along the coast of Kent, and may 

 be seen in every stage of plumage. There is only one 

 suitable part of the coast on which the Herring Gull is 

 found to breed, which is well described by Colonel 

 H. W. Fielden, in 1887. He writes : " Cliff-birds at Dover. 

 During the first week of July the fine chalk cliffs between 

 Dover, the South Foreland, and St. Margaret's Bay 

 present a very animated appearance. Hundreds of Her- 



