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black ends and the legs are yellow. The note is more 

 mewmg than that of most GuUs, whence it is called 

 the Sea-mew. 



The Herring-GuU {L. argentatus) is really the common 

 Gull of Britain, and is often so called by country-folk ; 

 its general coloration is that of the last species, but 

 it is much larger and has flesh-coloured legs. Apart 

 from a few colonies on moorlands and Scottish lochs, 

 it is found breeding on cliffs or rocky islands in aU 



Herring-Gull 



suitable parts of Britain. It ranges generally from 

 Arctic Europe to north France, as well as across 

 Arctic America from Greenland to central Alaska. In 

 winter it migrates far to the south. In the Atlantic 

 Islands, the southern European coasts, and thence to the 

 Black Sea and Lake Baikal the Yellow-legged Herring- 

 Gull takes its place. The note is shrill and querulous 

 but not so like a "mew" as that of the Common 

 Gull, while the eggs are similar, but larger. 



The Lesser Black-backed Gull {L. fuscus) is found in 

 summer from Devonshire and Cornwall up the Welsh 



