624 



GA VIM. 



LARID/E. 



LA RID. F.. 



Laeus fuscus, Linnffius.* 

 THE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. 



Larus fiisciis. 



The Lesser Black-backed Gull is another well-known 

 species of general distribntion along our coasts ; but during 

 the breeding-season it is fur more local than the Herring 

 Gull. Both birds are not unfrequently to be found nesting 

 in tolerable proximity, but the Lesser B]acked-l)ackcd Gull 



■' Sjst. Xat. Ivl. I-.', i. p. -i-ir. (17W). 



