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The Greater Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus}. Vol. 6, 



Pi- 337- 

 The Less Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus}.Vo\. 6, 



Pi- 336. 



The Herring Gull (Larus argentatus). Vol. 6, pi. 338. 



The Common Gull or Sea-mew (Larus canus). Vol. 6, 

 pi. 334. Often resorts, as the other gulls sometimes do, to 

 fields and ploughed land, in search of food. 



The Kittiwake (Larus Rissa). Vol. 6, pi. 340. 



The Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus).Vo\. 6, 

 pi. 331. Both on the shore and inland, very numerous. 



* The Arctic Gull (Larus parasiticus). 



The Roseate Tern (Sterna Dougallii).Vo\. 6, pi. 315. 

 Often seen among the sandhills at Ainsdale and Formby, 

 where it breeds. 



The Common Tern or Sea Swallow (Sterna Himndd). 

 Vol. 6, pi. 316. With the preceding. 



* The Black Tern (Sterna nigra). Vol. 6, pi. 323. With 

 the preceding. 



* The Little Tern (Sterna minuta). Vol. 6, pi. 322. 

 Occasionally in the same localities. 



PERIODICAL VISITORS TO BRITAIN FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, 

 IN SPRING AND SUMMER. 



The Wheat-ear (Sylvia (Enantke). Vol. 3, pi. 142. 

 Among the sandhills in March and April, and again in Sep- 

 tember and October. This bird is apt to turn over the refuse 

 left by the tide, in search of food. 



The Sedge Warbler or Reed Wren (Sylvia Saliearia). 

 Vol. 3, pi. 145- 



