XXIV. 
YOUNG GULL. 
The young Gull on the Titlepage to Part II., is from life. 
A considerable number of the Herring Gull, and also of the Lesser 
Blackbacked Gull breed on an island at the mouth of Loch Ailort, where this 
bird was taken. Terns also breed on this island, as well as on those further 
up the Loch (more inland), on which the nests of the larger Gulls are replaced 
by those of the Kittiwake. 
The Oyster Catcher breeds on all these islands, as well as both the 
Eedbreasted Merganser (Mergus Serrator) and the Goosander or Dundiver 
( Mergus Merganser). 
The Great Blackbacked Gull, which is less plentiful with us, breeds in the 
fresh water lochs on the hills. 
