330 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, 



When their nests are approached these birds become 

 very bold and aggressive. Hewitson states that when 

 at the Fame Islands one of these birds, near whose 

 nest he was sitting, " retired to a certain distance to 

 give it full force in its attack, and then making a stoop 

 at his head, came within two or three yards of him ; 

 repeating its attack without ceasing till he left the 

 place ". Mr. Darling, the lighthouse-keeper, informed 

 him " that the bonnet of an old woman who was in the 

 habit of gathering the eggs of the Sea Gulls was riddled 

 through and through and almost torn to pieces by 

 their bills ". 



Lesser Black-backed Gulls can be easily kept tamed ; 

 plenty of water should of course be supplied them. 



GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. 



LARUS MARINUS. 



Family Larid.^. Genus Larus. 



Black-back— Great Black and White Gull— Cob Farspach. 



This large and handsome Gull is a resident bird 

 amongst us and breeds in a few chosen spots chiefly in 



