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HERRING GULL. 



SILVERY GULL. 

 PLATE CCXXVI. FIG. II. 



Larus argentatus, BRUNNICH. GMELLN. 



Larus ylaucus, TEMMINCK. 



Larus marinus, LATHAM. 



THE Herring Gull makes a nest of dry grass, plants, and sea-weed 

 on the ledges and small grassy or stony spaces that occur along the 

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

 side, the margin being flat, and the inner part small and round. 



Great numbers of these birds breed together, and in close neigh- 

 bourhood also with other species. 



The eggs are two, or more properly three, in number. They are 

 of a light olive brown colour, spotted over with darker brown of two 

 shades; some deep olive green, blotted over with blackish brown. 

 They are laid about the middle of May, and the young take wing 

 about the 20th. of July. 



