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occasionally mixed with a small quantity of grass. 
If such a spot be not attainable, however, the bird 
will content itself with the low, marshy situations to 
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The Common Gull. 
which its black-headed relative repairs. Three eggs 
at the most are laid, which closely resemble those of 
the former bird, being of a dull olive brown, spotted. 
with a rather darker colour. 
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