624 



GA VIM. 



LA HI DTK 



LARID.F. 



LARUS FUSCUS, Linnaeus.* 



THE LESSEE BLACK-BACKED GULL. 



Larus fuscus. 



THE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL is another well-known 

 species of general distribution along our coasts ; but during 

 the breeding- season it is far more local than the Herring 

 Gull. Both birds are not unfrequently to be found nesting 

 in tolerable proximity, but the Lesser Blacked-backed Gull 



* Sjst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 225 (1766). 



