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GLAUCOUS GULL. 



BURGOMASTER. 

 PLATE CCXXVII. FIG. II. 



Larus glaucus, BEUNNICH. GMELIN. 



THIS bird is said to build upon the sea-beach, just above high- 

 water mark, as well as on the ledges of steep cliffs, and island rocks 

 in the sea. 



The eggs are stated to be of a pale purple grey colour, with 

 scattered spots of brown, and pale bluish purple. 



The plate is from a specimen forwarded by J. R. De Capel Wise, 

 Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford. 



