HERRING GULL. 
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NATATORES. 
LARIDM. 
PLATE CCCIX. 
HERRING GULL.. 
LARUS ARGENTATUS. 
The Herring Gull is indigenous in Great Britain, very 
numerous on the southern and western coasts; but, accord¬ 
ing to Selby, less so on the coast of Northumberland ; but 
no one gives us a reason why this should be the case, although 
we have no doubt of the statement made by that distinguished 
naturalist. 
The geographical distribution of the Herring Gull 
extends over most parts of Europe, and, according to 
some authors, it is found in America, being very com¬ 
mon during the winter about New York and Phila¬ 
delphia. 
Besides our shores, those of Holland and France 
abound with this species; and as far north as Sweden 
and Norway it is known to be met with. In the Me¬ 
diterranean the Herring Gull appears periodically, but, 
according to Temminck, those individuals are chiefly 
young birds. 
