So 
ALLEN’s naturalist’s LinRARAT 
Range in Great Britain. — I'his small representative of the 
Glaucous Gull is only a visitor to Great Britain, though it some- 
times appears in some numbers off the coasts of Scotland ; it 
is of rarer occurrence off the English and Irish coasts. 
Range outside the British Islands. — I'he breeding-range of the 
Iceland Gull is in the Arctic regions, in Greenland, Jan Mayen 
Island, and, according to Saunders, perhaps on the American 
side of Baffin Bay. In winter it visits Iceland and.the Faeroes, 
as well as the shores of Scandinavia and the Baltic, and the 
north-west of Europe down to the Gulf of Gascony in severe 
seasons. In North America it descends to the latitude of 
Boston. 
Hahits. --The only account of the habits of the Iceland Gull 
IS that of Faber, of which an epitome is given in Saunders’s 
edition of Yarrell’s “ British Birds ” (iii. p. 646). About the 
middle of September both old and young birds appear off the 
coast of Ireland for the winter, di.sapjicaring about the end of 
April or the beginning of May. “ These birds,” says Faber, 
“were so tame that they came on land up to my winter dwell- 
ing on the northern coast to mop up the entrails of fish thrown 
away by the inhabitants, and disputed fiercely for them with 
the Ravens. I had one of these Gulls so tame that it came 
every morning to my door at a certain time to obtain food and 
then flew away again. It gave me notice of its arrival by 
uttering its cry. This Gull indicated to the seal-shooters in 
the fjord where they should look for the seals by continually 
following their track in the sea, by hovering in flocks, and with 
incessant cries, over them ; and whilst the seals hunted the 
sprat and the capeling towards the surface of the water, these 
Gulls precipitated themselves dowm upon the fish and snapped 
them up. In like manner they follow the track of the cod-fish 
in the sea, and feed upon the booty hunted iiji by this fish of 
prey. . . . This Gull was my weather-guide in winter. If 
it swam near the shore, and there, as if anxious, moved along 
with its feathers puffed out, then I knew that on the followin'^ 
day storms and snow' were to be e.xpccted. In fine weather it 
soared high in the air. Hundreds often sit on a piece of ice, 
and in that way are drifted many miles. In its manners the 
Iceland Gull differs from the Glaucous Gull, which has the 
