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GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED. 
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL. 
LARUS ARGENTATUS, Gmel. 
This species is generally dispersed along our 
coasts, on which it is permanently resident, but is 
more numerous in the northern than in the southern 
parts of the island. It breeds on unfrequented 
island headlands, and sometimes on islets in lakes. 
The nest is large, and generally contains three eggs, 
which are usually yellowish brown, light brown, 
or olivaceous, with spots and patches of purplish 
orey and dark brown. The flight of this bird is 
peculiarly elegant, more easy and buoyant than 
that of the Great Black-backed Gull. In winter 
many advance southward, but some remain dur- 
ing that season even in the most remote northern 
parts. 
GW. ER ean 
LaRvUs MiInuTUS, Gmel. 
A few individuals of this species, in the 
‘immature state, have been met with in England, 
Scotland, and Iveland. It is said to occur in the 
Mediterranean at all seasons, and to extend even 
to Greenland, but to be of rare occurrence on 
