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olive green, dotted all over with dark brown and 
pale purplish grey spots. The Kittiwake walks 
little, and with anything but ease, owing to the 
shortness of its legs, but has an easy buoyant flight. 
GCUEL LAUGHING. 
LarkUS ATRICILLA, Lin. 
This species ranks merely as an accidental 
straggler in this country, a very few individuals 
only having been seen in the south of England. 
It is said to be abundant on the coasts of the 
Mediterranean, and is also plentiful in the southern 
parts of the United States. It is similar in appear- 
ance to the common Black-headed Gull, but rather 
larger. The head, too, is of a darker brown hue, 
and the breast and lower parts are tinged with 
rose colour. It breeds in the United States, and 
lays three eggs, usually of a light earthy olive, 
blotched and spotted with dull reddish brown, and 
some black, the markings more abundant at the 
larger end. 
