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HERRING GULL. 



SILVERY GULL. 

 PLATE CCXXVI. FIG. II. 



Larus argentatm, . . Bbunnich. Gmelin. 

 Larus glaucus, . . . Temminck. 

 Larus marinus, . . Latham. 



The Herring Gull makes a nest of dry grass and 

 sea-weed on the ledges and small grassy or stony spaces 

 that occur along the side of a cliff, and towards the 

 top. 



Great numbers of these birds breed together, and in 

 close neighbourhood also with other species. 



The eggs are two, or more properly three, in number. 

 They are of a light olive brown colour, spotted over 

 with darker brown of two shades; some deep olive 

 green, blotted over with blackish brown. 



