i 5 8 HERRING GULL. 



HERRING GULL. 



SILVERY GULL. 

 PLATE CCXXVI. FIGURE II. 



Larus argentatus, BRUNNICH. GMELIN. 



Larus glaucus, TEMMINCK. 



Larus marimis, LATHAM. 



THE Herring Gull 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 still 

 distinct. 



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 2Oth. of July. 



