240 KITTIWAKE. LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. 



Genus— RISSA. 

 RISSA TRIDACTYLA— KiTTiwAKE. 



Now a dark speck, but brii?htening as it flies. 

 A vagrant sea-fowl glads their eager eyes. 



Montgomery — Greenland. 



This bird has been seen on several occasions sailing about the 

 broad valley of the Wye, when driven inland by stress of weather on 

 the coast, though its slaughter has not been recorded for the county. 



Genus— LARUS. 



[Larus glaucus — Glaucous Gull] 

 A winter visitant to the northern parts of Britain. 



[Larus leucopterus — Iceland Gull.] 

 A rare winter visitor. 



[Larus argentatus — Herring-Gull.] 

 Resident on our Coasts, and breeding in suitable localities. 



LARUS FUSCUS — Lesser Black-backed Gull. 



Through rising gale and breakers' foam 

 The shrieking sea-birds warned him home. 



Byron— ^ric?c of Ahydos. 



A pair of these birds have regularly visited the river Wye in 

 April and May for the last three years. They have generally been 

 seen in the valley between Rotherwas and Holme Lacy. They 

 remain two or three weeks, and since they are not driven inland by 

 bad weather, the inference is that they come to feed on the last- 

 spring, or young salmon-fry which are so plentiful at that time. 



