i 5 4 IVORY GULL. 



IVORY GULL. 



PLATE CCXXIV. FIGURE I. 



Lams Candidas, FLEMING. 



Larus eburneus, GMELIN. LATHAM. 



ri MilS Gull builds on cliffs and rocky shores in the 

 -- extreme north; and the nest is said to be a layer 

 of sea-weed. 



The eggs are reported to be two or three in 

 number; they are of a cream-white colour, spotted 

 with grey, reddish brown, and brownish black. 



The specimen from which the plate is taken was 

 had by the Rev. H. B. Tristram, Perpetual Curate of 

 Castle Eden, Durham, from the west side of Greenland, 

 in the year 1853. 



