THE GLAUCUS GULL. 
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ticular should be called the Herring Gull we cannot guess. 
All Gulls are fond of herrings, and this not more so than 
the rest, although it follows the shoals very assiduously, 
assembling in vast numbers along our coasts, chiefly in the 
inlets and estuaries, when the young fish are congregated 
in them. 
HERRING GULL. 
In May they resort to their breeding places along the 
coasts, which are much the same as those chosen by the 
species last described. Their nests are often bulky, formed 
of grass and herbaceous plants of various kinds, according 
to the locality. Their eggs vary greatly in general colour 
and markings, two of them seldom being alike. 
The Glaucus Gull is one of the largest and most 
powerful members of its family, the Burgomaster or chief 
magistrate of the sea. It is an inhabitant of the most 
northern regions of the globe, breeding in the arctic parts 
of America, from Labrador northwards to Iceland, and ad- 
vancing soutl\ward in winter, although to no great extent. 
A bold, rapacious bird, notoriously greedy and voracious, 
preying not only on fish and small birds, but on carrion of 
every kind. Unlike most of its congeners, this is a silent, 
shy, and sluggish bird, unless when driven by hunger to 
activity, when it becomes energetic and fearless as any, if 
