160 



FAMILIAR WILL BIRDS. 



elliptical shape, numbering from three to five, and 

 quite white 



are 



THE HERRING GULL. 



SEA cliffs and rocky islands round the coasts of England 

 and Wales- are the nesting-places of this bird, the materials 

 used being dried grass and ferns, loosely put together. 

 The eggs are three in number, of a stone colour, some- 

 times light olive-brown but this rarely spotted with 

 dark brown. 



