HERRING GULL 



SILVERY GULL. 



PLATE CCXXVI. FIGURE II. 



Larus argentatus, ..... GMELIN. 



Larus glaucus, ...... TEMMINCK. 



Larus marinus, ...... LATHAM. 



THE Herring Gull is a resident, being very generally 

 distributed. 



It makes a nest of dry grass, plants, and sea-weed, on the 

 ledges and small grassy or stony places that occur along the 

 side of a cliff, and towards the top. It is of a considerable 

 size outside, the margin being flat, and the inner part small 

 and round. 



Great numbers of these birds breed together, and in close 

 neighbourhood also with other species, the Kittiwake, Razor- 

 Bill, Puffin, and Guillemot ; but the nests are kept distinct. 



The eggs are usually three in number, sometimes only 

 two. They are of a light olive brown colour, spotted over 

 with darker umber brown of two shades ; some are deep 

 olive green, blotted over with blackish brown. They are 

 laid early in May, and the young take wing about the 2Oth 

 of July. 



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