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BRITISH BIRDS 



The Black-backed Gulls. See Greater and Lesser 

 Black-backed Gulls. 



The Black-Headed Gull and the Laughing Gull. 



These birds are so very much alike that many natural- 

 ists consider them to be one and the same, but Morris 

 differentiates them; one or /wo, it is one of the "common 

 objects" of the sea-shore, and an occasional one on 



THE BLACK-HEADED GULL. 



inland lakes and ponds. It has bred in confinement, but 

 only comes to see us of its own accord during the winter. 

 It is a small species, under a foot in length and about 

 10 or 12 ounces in weight. It is sometimes called the 

 Hooded Mew, on account of its black head; the second- 



