1 60 GLAUCOUS GULL. 



GLAUCOUS GULL. 



BURGOMASTER. 



PLATE CCXXVII. FIGURE II. 



Larus glaucus, BRUNNICH. GMELIN. 



ri 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 nests 

 are composed of dry sticks and sea-weeds, with some 

 lining of grasses, the whole laid together to the depth 

 of about half a foot, the width being about two feet. 

 They are tolerably strong, though inartificially con- 

 structed. 



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. 



