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With reference to the well-known instance of the 
Exeter bird, Mr. Saunders says : 
“Tt has been examined by many Ornithologists inclu- 
ding the Editor (of Yarrell’s British Birds, vol wit, 4th 
edition ), and although its appearance on our shores ts re. 
markable ; the bird cannot be suspected of having escaped from 
confinement, for no instance is known of its having been kept in 
captivity.” 
The eggs are handsome, striking in appearance; and 
differ, so far as I have seen, from the eggs of the other large 
Gulls in the more decided contrast between the ground 
colour, and the markings. 
My clutch from Sarepta strongly resemble Mr. 
Seebohm’s illustration. 
SHE tVORY GULL: 
(Larus EBURNEUS.) 
There are two eggs in the Stockholm Museum ; one in the 
Dublin Museum; and one in My. Benson’s collection at 
Copenhagen, there was also one in the collection of the late 
Mr. Ellingsen, Copenhagen, and this egg is now in my 
possession : it is of remarkable appearance, its peculiarity 
of form, as also its dimensions, corresponds exactly with 
the drawing in Mr. Seebohm’s Oology : but that egg is of 
the pale type, my egg is a deep rich brown yellow, very 
boldly blotched: the pale and dark types of the Gull’s 
eggs are well depicted in the work just mentioned. I do 
not see the similarity to the Kittiwake’s, either in this 
egg or in Mr. Seebohm’s drawing, which this gentleman 
points to. 
