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The greater Black-backed Gull very rarely visits Herefordshire, 

 but has been seen here on many occasions. A fine specimen was 

 shot at Marcle, 1879, in the valley of the Lugg, near Sutton, and is 

 now in the possession of Mr. Cheiake, of Hereford. 



[Larus atricilla — Laughing Gull.] 

 A single specimen in the British Museum. 



[Larus iCHTHVAiiTus — Great Black-headed Gull.] 

 A single specimen in the Exeter Museum. 



[Larus melanocephalus — Adriatic Gull. J 

 A single specimen in the British Museum. 



LARUS RIDIBUNDUS— Black-headed Gull. 



The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar 

 And shrieks the wild Sea-mew. 



Byron— Childe Harold. 



The Laughing Gull, Peewit Gull, or Black-headed Gull is one 

 of the most interesting of its tribe. It is a very graceful lively bird ; 

 and is particularly remarkable for breeding in large colonies in the 

 north of England, where the " gulleries " are protected with much 

 care. It is but very rarely seen in Herefordshire — only one specimen 

 is recorded as having been killed here, and that was brought to 

 Mr. Newman, the bird-stuffer, in 1876. 



[Larus minutus — Little Gull.] 

 An irregular visitor. 



[Larus philadelphl\ — Bonaparte's Gull.] 

 Said to have occurred in Ireland and Cornwall. 



