IVORY GULL 



PLATE CCXXIV. FIGURE I. 



Larus candidus, .... FLEMING. 



Larus eburneus, .... GMELIN. LATHAM. 



Pagophila eburnea, .... PHIPPS. 



THIS polar species is only an occasional straggler to 

 Britain. It breeds in colonies, on cliffs and rocky shores 

 in the extreme north ; and the nest is composed of sea-weed, 

 moss, and drift. 



The eggs, which never exceed two in number, are of a 

 buffish olive colour, spotted with grey, reddish brown, and 

 brownish black. 



