BIRDS. 
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in many localities throughout the county, a very exten- 
sive one being the Loch of Stemster, where the eggs are 
systematically taken in enormous numbers (0. MSS., 1868). 
343. Larus melanocephalus, Natt. Adriatic Gull. 
344. Larus icthyaetus, Pall. Great Blacl<-headeci Gull. 
345. Larus minutus, Pall. Little Gull- 
Very rare visitant. The only specimen known to us is a dried- 
up mummy that was picked up in a cart-rut near Balnacoil 
in the spring of 1874. 
[In Dr. Sinclair's collection ; seen there by Mr. J. Wilson.] 
346. Larus Philadelphia, Ord. Bonaparte's Gull. 
347. Larus canus, L. Common Gull. 
Kesident, and abundant the wliole year round on the east 
coast ; like the other gulls, retiring to the hill lochs to 
breed, which it usually does in colonies like the black- 
headed species. Breeding numerously in the west, in 
colonies, on the islands of both sea and fresh water lochs. 
A very tame bird of this species was well known to 
anglers on Loch Awe, Assynt, in 1880, coming to be fed 
always at lunch-time. Several colonies between Dalvina 
and Armadale are noted by S. G. Keid. 
Much better known in the inland situations than on the sea- 
coast, to which latter place it only resorts in hard weather, 
when its usual haunts are frozen xip. This species has 
several breeding-places in the county, generally on islands 
in lochs, or in wet, marshy places on the moors (0. MSS., 
1868). 
