234 BIRDS OF CHESHIRE. 
COMMON GULL. 
Larus cAnus, Linnzus. 
The Common Gull is well known on the Cheshire 
coast in autumn and winter, and Dr. Dobie, speaking of 
the west of the county, says it is frequently seen inland 
in rough weather! This is, however, not the case in 
East Cheshire, where the bird is seldom met with. We 
have seen one which was shot in the hard winter of 
1894-95, in the meadows at Sale, and another which 
was obtained many years ago at Rostherne. Mr. R. 
Nunnerley of Congleton tells us that he has shot the 
Common Gull in the neighbourhood of Macclesfield, 
but that it is much rarer than the Herring and Black- 
headed Gulls. 
HERRING GULL. 
LARUS ARGENTATUS, J. F. Gmelin. 
Although the Herring Gull does not breed in 
Cheshire, it is more or less abundant off the coast 
and in the estuaries at all seasons of the year. It is 
often met with inland after stormy weather in winter, 
and we have several times seen it during the summer 
months in the Mersey Valley near Sale. Two or three 
may often be seen in company with the Black-headed 
Gulls at Great Budworth and the subsidences at North- 
wich. The majority of the birds seen on the coast as 
well as inland are in immature plumage. 
i Dobie, op. cit. p. 343. 
