GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, 



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NATATORES. 



LARID^E. 







THE GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. 



Lams marintis, Great Black-backed Gnll, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 172. 

 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 223. 



,, ntEvhis, The Wagel ,, „ ,, 225, young. 



,, marinus. Black-backed Cull, Flem. Brit. An. p. 140. 



,, ,, Great ,, ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 607. 



,, Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 278. 

 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xiii. 



,, ,, Goeland a maiiteau noir, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol.ii.p. 760. 



The Great Black-backed Gull, though seen through- 

 cut the year on various parts of our coast, is not numerous as 



