LARUS FUSCUS.—L. MARINUS. San 
[§ 4618. Zhree.—Rathlin, Ireland, 25 May, 1863. From 
Mr. Robert Harvey. 
Mr. Harvey wrote that I might fully rely on the genuineness of these, as of 
other eggs from Rathlin. They were taken as above on the cliffs of Kintruan 
Head in that island by John Smith, Mr. Gage’s shepherd, who “ first watched ~ 
the bird to and from its nest, and having marked the nest brought Mr. Gage 
to verify it before taking the eggs.’’| 
[§ 4614. Two.—Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde, 6 June, 1884. 
From Mr. Robert Service, 1886. 
Of these Mr. Service wrote that they “‘ were identified beyond all doubt, as 
they were in one of seven nests which formed a small colony on the north 
shoulder of the Craig. All the birds were sitting on the nests before we went 
forward. I did not see the Herring-Gull except on the cliffs, and the Lesser 
Black-backs were all on the open hillocks.” | 
LARUS MARINUS, Linneus. 
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. 
§ 4615. Zour.—Holm of Noss, Shetland, 19 June, 1849. 
eS. W.. apse.” 
On the Holm of Noss I shot Black-backed Gulls, and found three 
THE CRADLE OF Noss. 
of their nests—generally with two eggs. They have been robbed 
every Saturday—eyen lasses go over in the “ cradle.” [ Here follows 
