rni: ri/.///;.\/.i <;i i.i. 



Till I'"M \I:ISK .I.KiiM. ix iH>innt<irhiiiii * inhabits ( he MM and OOMta <-f l''.un.|-. 



Asia. ami America. ami i> also found in the inl.-ii..i ..f .N,.i(li America. It b named (in II 

 hunter in some place*. 



'I'm I'AI: v-i 1 1'- .1 .1 i.i i: is fi mml in inurli tin- same localities as the preceding. It has the 

 reputation of U-iii:: a terna ti the JulN. Though much lil\>- tin- (Mills, it IIUM more of u look 

 of predacious l>inls. ati'l proUibly lia.s son ..... f the latl.-i-' ili-po-ition. Tin- (iiills an- usually 

 rather stupid. It L'et- ii- living like the hawks. l.\ f.uv.n- th.- (iiills to disgorge. KulTn's 

 JlDger. call>-d als<i I, ii. tail.-. I .1 ifgM*, is smaller, with two middle tail-feathers, longer than the 

 oth.-r- It- ran-.- is the same as th.- pn-cedini:. Kicliaid-i.n's .hi^t-r i> aiiutli.T Aim-i I.-MII 

 >l-,i.->. It i M ih.-r.-a-t IM-I.IW .Massachusetts. Tin- lli-ht uf th.- .l.-i-pTs in extreim-ly 



i:ipi'l. ami th.'y --m :ul:i|.i.-.| to a prodaceoiis II,.-I|HH| of pursiiiiiL' tln-ir prey. 



'I'lin coiiiinnii (Ji i.i. is too familiar to n.--<l much ilrs,-ii|>ti<>u. as it is well known to all who 

 have visited tin - . &OK, 01 ' ..... Uth d ] Of OU !..i. i i r. i - It i- a l .I'l l>ii.l. .-ai iiu 

 littli- fur man, ami rvi-n fnl lowing a sUiiiii- i - -los.-ly that the ^li-ani of ita eyes can be plainly 

 S.-.-M. It i-an i-asily IH- taiiK'il, ami is a ratln-r useful liinl in a pinlen, destroying vermin of 

 xarimis kimls, ami o-i-a.sionall\ killing and eatin^anv small l>inl that may incautiously vrntun- 

 within n-arlt of th- stmnir I'ill. l'h-'s.- -. ins to U- an acknow h-d^-d dainty with th.-s<- hinls, 

 whirli have oft.-n U-.-n known tocontrurt so frni't an atTii-tion for the pla-eof their captivity as 

 a- i" i. turn to it voluntarily, ami even t. intn>>luee a mate to the well-remembered hoHpitulitieM. 



TIIK (iKKM Hi M K n\( KM. (it i.i. (Lam* inti r i u itt) is a very fine bird, not very plentiful 

 on northern coasts, but spread over tin- irn-ater part of the shores of northern Kurope. 



This l.ird jm-fers low-lyini; and marshy lands, ami is {xipiilarly known under the name of 

 tin- Cob. It is very plentiful on the shores of Sweden and Norway, and on some of the islands of 

 Shetland and Orkney it breeds in abundance, the egps being highly valued on account of their 

 rich flavor and their large size. It is the custom in those localities to lay in a stock of these 

 eggs, and to take two sets in succession, leaving the third for the bird to hatch. Mr. Ilewitaon 

 mentions that upon an island of barely half an acre in extent. -i\i\ dozen eggs were secured. 



TIIK pretty KIITIW \KK (trt.i. breeds ujMdi the rocky jiortions of northern coasts. Owing 

 to the diversity of ite plumage according to the age, the Kittiwake has been railed by several 

 names; "Tarrock" lieing the U'st known ami U-loiiLcing to the bird while young. The name 

 of Kittiwake is given in allusion to its cry, which bears some resemblance to that word rather 

 slowly pronounced. 



THERE are many other species of Gulls, too numerous to be described. Among these we 

 may notice the LITTLK Gru, (L<inix iniiiuinx), remarkable for it.s jetty-black head and neck 

 ami its small size, its l.-n^th l^in- little more than ten inches; the HII:I:IV., or SILVIA 

 (Jri. i. Isirux "i'i'ii(<itns\. a line -|~-. -i.-. about two feet in length, with a pure white head and 

 m-ck. and a soft -gray back, and jetty-Mack primaries, with a spot or two of white at tin- tip-; 

 ami the IVORY GULL (Paiji>liiln ,/////////;. s,,, ailed onaccountof the pure white of itssumimr 

 plumage. This is a most beautiful northern >i-cies. ,,,,t often seen as far south as New 

 Kngland. I>-nirth. fourt-en inches. 



The Kittiwake inhabits Imth hemispheres in the northern n-Lrions, reaching New England 

 in winter. length, eighteen inches. A 1'ucitic Kittiwake is .numerated, and a Ked-legged 

 Kittiwake. which inhabits tin- North Pacific. 



The (ilaiicous (Jull, or Burgomaster, i- ciicum|M.lar in Jmhifut, but reaches Long Island in 

 winter. It is the largest of its tribe. The \Vliite-winged Gull has the same range as the 

 preceding. It is a complete counterpart of it. excepting in si/..-. \* -n-th. twenty-four inches. 



The Glaucous-wingiiH nill is an inhabitant of the I'a.-i tic coast. Ijenirth. twenty-seven inches. 



This great Gull inhabits the Atlantic coast as far south as Long Island in winter, and, 

 according to Audub..n. to Florida. Th.- \\'.-tern (Jull. SiU-rian (tiill. Herring Gull, and two 

 other species of Herring Gull are mentioned as North' American sjKcies. 



The California Gull is found on the Pacific coast. The Ring-billed Gull and Short-billed 



