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BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE HERRING GULL. 



THE SILVERY GULL. 



(Larus Argctitatns, Brunn. Gocland a inniiteau 

 blcu y Temm.) 



THE weight of this bird exceeds thirty ounces; 

 the length is about twenty-three inches, and the 

 breadth fifty-two. The spot on the angular knob 

 of the under mandible is deep orange ; the rest 

 of the bill yellow : irides pale yellow ; edges of 

 the eye-lids red. The back and wing coverts are 

 dark bluish ash : the first five quills in most 

 .specimens are black on the upper parts, and have 



