inches of the head of a rock-climber, I never saw one 

 actually strike home. 



The Herring-Gull of the Mediterranean differs from 

 our common race in the possession of yellow instead of 

 flesh-coloured legs and feet, and a deep orange-red 

 ring round the eye. This bird has been specifically 

 separated by naturalists from Larus argentatus ; but in 

 all its habits and in cry it exactly resembles that bird, 

 and in my humble opinion is only a climatic race. It 

 is by far the most common of the larger Gulls in all 

 parts of the Mediterranean that I have visited, and has 

 been met with by Mr. H. - Saunders on the western 

 coast of France. 



