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GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. 



WAGEL. COB. 

 Liirus mrtrinus, PENNANT. MONTAGU. SKLBT. 



BEWICK. FLEMING. JENYJNS. 

 " " GOULD. TEMMINCK. 



" neevius, (young,) BEWICK, 



" niyer, . BR1SSON. 



Larus A ravenous sea-bird. Marinus Belonging to the sea marine. 



THIS fine bird occurs in Europe, in Sweden, the Ferroe 

 Islands, Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Norway, 

 and Iceland. In America, in Greenland, Baffin's Bay, Labrador, 

 and as far south as Florida. In Asia, in the vicinity of the 

 Caspian Sea. 



It is with us a not uncommon though not numerous 

 species; seen throughout the year on the shores of the island, 

 but for the most part singly or in pairs. 



They breed abundantly in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, 

 also on the Bass Rock, in the Firth of Forth, and one or 

 two other stations on the Scottish coast, and the northern 

 islands of the same; so to on Lundy Island and Steep Holme, 

 in the Bristol Channel; Souliskerry in the Orkneys; and in 

 Shetland; as also, according to Mr. Yarrell, on the low lands 

 of the estuary of the Thames. 



In Yorkshire, I have seen the Black-backed Gull near 

 Burlington, and it is not uncommon on the coast. So in 

 Norfolk, at Yarmouth, and along the shore; as likewise in 

 Suffolk, Durham, and Northumberland, also in Devonshire, 

 and Dorsetshire. In Surrey it has occurred at Godalming. 



In Cambridgeshire one was bought at Cambridge, in the 

 market. In Oxfordshire, small parties of four or five have 

 been frequently noticed. In Cornwall the species is not un- 

 common at Falmouth, Penryn River, and other parts. In 

 Kent and Essex along the banks of the Thames. 



It is a tolerably common species in Ireland, and a resident 



