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BRITISH BIRDS. 
THE HERRING GULL. 
( Lm'us JuscuSf Lin .. — Le Gotland a manteau gris brnUf ou 
le Bourgmestre^ Buff.) 
This species is described at page 196 of the se- 
cond volume of the British Birds, and the difference 
between that description, and the stuffed specimen from 
which the above figure was made, is so trivial, as not 
to require any remarks upon it. 
This species of Gull is rendered remarkable by its 
keeping watch over the safety of all birds, and even 
seals, within the reach of its warnings ; for upon the 
approach of the sportsman with his gun, it seems all 
upon the alert, and by its clamorous well known cries 
intimates their danger. 
