250 SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE. 



dying state ; and during the winter of 1848 an 

 example occurred near Rye. 



COMMON GULL, Larus canus. Less generally 

 distributed in Sussex than in most maritime coun- 

 ties. Is occasionally met with in the interior. 



LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, Larus fuscus. 

 Far from common, although occasionally seen on 

 different parts of the coast. A few breed at New- 

 haven, on the same cliff as the herring gulls. 



HERRING GULL, Larus argentaius. Abundant 

 at Newhaven during the summer. 



GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, Larus marinus. 

 Provincial, Parson Gull. So called from a sup- 

 posed resemblance in the arrangement of its black 

 and white plumage to the hood and surplice of a 

 clergyman. Adult birds are not numerous, and 

 are generally observed alone. 



GLAUCOUS GULL, Larus glaucus. An immature 

 example of this scarce gull was captured by a boy, 

 from off the chain-pier at Brighton, with an in- 

 strument called a " click," to the use of which a 

 certain portion of the juvenile population of that 

 town are much addicted. It consists of a cork 

 rudely fashioned after the likeness of a fish, over 

 which is stretched the skin of a mackerel. From 

 this two hooks project, which, however, are ren- 

 dered the most attractive portions of the bait by 



