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'I'HE GREATEIt BlaCK-BACKED GuL 



The Herring Gull. 



One of the commonest of the British representatives 

 of its family. It breeds abundantly in the north of Eng- 

 land, Ireland and Scotland, on cliffs, numbers of them 

 congregating together for the purpose of rearing their 

 young. The eggs are two or three in number, of a light 

 greenish-brown spotted with darker brown of several shades. 

 The length of this bird is about 2 feet, and its weight from 



