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other Gulls, and is placed on the ground, usually 

 in a marshy place. The eggs, two or three in 

 number, are olivaceous, or of various shades of 

 brown, spotted and patched with umber brown 

 and purplish grey, their length averaging two 

 inches and a quarter. 



GULL, SABINE'S. 



LABTJS SABINI, Temm. 



This beautiful species of small Gull, which breeds 

 along the coasts of the Arctic Sea of America, and 

 extends in winter as far southward as New England, 

 has in several instances been met with in Britain. 

 It also frequents the coasts of the Continent, occa- 

 sionally visiting inland lakes, rivers, and marshes. 

 Its food consists of fish, alive or dead, or any 

 animal matter that is cast ashore by the tidal 

 waves. On the west coast of Greenland it is found 

 breeding in association with Arctic Terns, the 

 nests of both being intermingled. This Gull lays 

 two eggs on the bare ground, an inch and a half 

 in length, not much pointed. The colour is olive, 

 blotched with brown. 



