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SABINE'S GULL. 



PLATE COXXI. 



Lams Sabini, . . . Jenyns. 

 Larus Sahinei, .... Temminck. 

 Xema Sahini, . . . Eyton. Gould. 



This bird lays its eggs on the bare earth. 



They are two or three in number, olive brown in their 

 ground colour, numerously spotted with darker brown. 

 They are of a regular shape, and not much pointed. 



The parent birds, when engaged with their young, 

 exhibit much anxiety for them, and dash about intru- 

 ders in a perturbed manner. 



The young are hatched in the latter end of July. 



The figure on the plate is from an egg forwarded by 

 J. K.. De Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford. 



