172 THE BIRDS OF CUMBERLAND. 



L. Canus. Common Gull. 



The Common Gull is a winter visitant, con- 

 stantly present on the coast, and frequently to 

 be seen feeding inland, during the colder months 

 of the year. 



We cannot substantiate the statement of the 

 late Dr. Gough, that the Common Gull bred in 

 Cumberland (Ibis, 1865, p. 81), but a few adults as 

 well as immature birds pass the summer with us. 



L. Marinus. Great Black-backed Gull. 



The Great Black-backed Gull is a resident 

 species, about fifteen pairs nesting (1885) upon 

 Bowness and Wedholme flows, in the neighbourhood 

 of the Sol way. 



Dr. Stanley states, '' A colony of these birds 

 breed on a margin of a lake in this neighbourhood, 

 called Devoke water, and are known here by the 

 name of the Devoke Water Maws" [Loud., Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., 1829, p. 276). This colony continued 

 to exist for many years, and has only recently 

 become extinct. 



Adult and immature birds are generally dis- 

 tributed on our coastline in winter. 



L. Ridihundus. Black-headed Gull. 



The Black-headed Gull is an abundant resident, 

 no less than nine extensive colonies nesting in 

 Cumberland, exclusive of a few localities frequented 

 by single pairs. U^Don Salta moss, Wedholme, 

 Bowness, and Solway flows, the birds nest gre- 

 gariously upon the heather, these localities being 



