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GLAUCOUS GULL. 



BURGOMASTER, 

 PLATE CCXXVII. FIG. II. 



Lams c/lauciis, . . . Bkunnich. Gmelik. 



This bird is said to build upon the sea-beach, just 

 above high-water mark, as well as on the ledges of 

 steep cliffs, and island rocks in the sea. 



The eggs are stated to be of a pale purple grey colour, 

 with scattered spots of brown, and pale bluish purple. 



The plate is from a specimen forwarded by J. R. De 

 Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford. 



