2 42 BRITISH BIRDS, WITH THEIR NESTS AND EGGS 



Family LARIDA1. Subfamily LA RINJL. 



MEDITERRANEAN HERRING-GULL. 



(Larus cachinnansj . 



A SINGLE adult specimen was shot on Breydon Water, near Great Yarmouth, 

 on November 4th, 1886. It was identified in the flesh by the late Air. 

 Stevenson, of Norwich. It is now in the possession of Mr. Connop of Rollesby 

 Hall. The Mediterranean Herring-Gull is common on the coasts of Southern 

 Europe and North Africa, so that it may frequently visit the shores of Great 

 Britain. The adult bird is readily distinguished from the common Herring-Gull 

 by its darker mantle, and by having the orbital ring deep orange-red instead of 

 yellow, and the legs lemon-yellow instead of flesh-coloured. 



H. A. MACPHERSON. 



ERRATA ET CORRIGENDA. 



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