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GULL, ICELAND. 
Lesser Guiaucus GULL. 
Larus LEUCOPTERUs, HLyton. 
This species is not unfrequently met with in 
Great Britain and Ireland during the winter season. 
It is said to breed in the higher northern regions, 
and to come to Iceland and other more southern 
latitudes in winter. As a bird of passage, its 
habits differ from those of the Great Glaucus 
Gull, which resemble those of the Great Black- 
backed Gull. This species has more affinity in 
this respect with the Herring Gull. Its flight is 
very graceful. These Gulls often sit by hundreds 
on a piece of ice, and in that way are drifted 
many miles. 
G Wyld,’ LV ORY. 
Wurre Gui, or WuHate Birp. 
LARUS EBURNEUS, Bew. 
This bird inhabits the Arctic regions of both 
continents, and particularly the coasts of Spitz- 
bergen and Greenland, on the cliffs of which it 
breeds. Itis said to be less shy than Gulls generally 
are, and is nearly as fearless as the Fulmer, with 
