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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. 



GULL, LAUGHING. 



LARTJS ATEICILLA, Lin. 



The Laughing Gull ranks merely as an accidental 

 straggler in this country, a very few individuals 

 only have 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. 



