SABINE'S GULL. 145 



SABINE'S GULL. 



PLATE CCXX. FIGURE II. 



Larus Sabini, JENYNS. 



Larus Sabinei, TEMMINCK. 



Xema Sabini, EYTON. GOULD. 



THIS bird lays its eggs on the bare earth. 

 They are two or three in number, olive brown 

 in their ground colour, numerously spotted with darker 

 brown. They are of a regular shape, and not much 

 pointed. 



The parent birds, when engaged with their young, 

 exhibit much anxiety for them, and dash about intruders 

 in a perturbed manner. 



The young are hatched in the latter end of July. 



The figure on the plate is from an egg forwarded 

 by J. R. De Capel Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, 

 Oxford. 



VOL. III. 



