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BLACK-HEADED GULL. 



BROWN-HEADED GULL. BROWN GULL. LAUGHING GULL. 



RED-LEGGED GULL. PEEWIT GULL. 

 SEA CROW. BLACK-CAP. HOODED MEW. PICKMIRE. 



Lar-is ridilimdus, PENNANT. MONTAGU. FLEMING. 



" proceltosus, BECHSTHIN. SEI.BY. JJUSYXS. BEWICK. 



' erythropus, MONTAGU. GMELIN. 



" cinerarins, BEWICK, 



Xema ridibundus, GOULD. 



Larus ? Ridibundiis. Hideo To laugh; in allusion to one of 



the vernacular names of the bird. 



THIS graceful and lively bird is well known in many parts 

 of the world. In Europe, it is a native of Russia, Sweden, 

 Holland, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. In Asia, 

 of Siberia, Syria, Armenia, and Arabia. In America, of 

 Greenland and the shores of Baffin's Bay and Davis Straits. 

 In Africa, it is found in Egypt and along the northern 

 shores. 



Many things, and many words expressive or descriptive of 

 things, seem strange when first observed or first heard, but 

 use soon reconciles the eye, the ear, or the mind to them, 

 and they quickly lose their novelty, and are then no longer 

 thought of or remarked. In 'Barring Out' the name of Archers, 

 the partizans of Archer, seems almost a matter of course; the 

 Greybeards, the followers of De Grey, soon appear equally 

 as it were of necessity so designated; but Fisher's 'Why not! 

 I and my nine Fishermen' being later in the field, jars upon 

 the ear at first, and seems for a time to want the 'prestige' 

 which the others have. Thus a Rookery is to all an accustomed 

 word, but to some a Gullery is not. The reason just touched 

 upon is, however, the only one why both are not 'Familiar 



