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very familiar when seen, and is easily captured. 
During winter it frequents the harbour of Charles- 
ton, but none are seen at that season near the 
mouths of the Mississippi. 
GULL, COMMON. 
Winter GULL. 
Larus Canus, Lin. 
The Common Gull is permanently resident in 
Britain, and common along the shores of the Con- 
tinent, but has not been observed in America. 
Large flocks often traverse the interior of the Con- 
tinent in winter and spring, and during the breed- 
ing season they are found dispersed along the 
shores of England and Scotland, abounding most 
in the northern parts of the latter country, and in 
the Orkney Islands and the Hebrides. ‘The nests, 
which are rather bulky, contain two or three broad 
oval eggs, two inches and a quarter in length and 
one inch and a half in breadth, of various tints of 
brown or greenish grey, dotted and spotted with 
dark brown and purplish grey. The eggs, like 
those of the other Gulls, afford delicate eating. 
