. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. LARID^. 677 "«f. ^^5 pp THE GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. Larus marInus, Linnaeus. As a breeding-species this Gull is by no means plentiful in England ; but birds in various stages of immaturity may be seen on our coasts at all seasons, while adults form a large proportion of the flocks of " corpse-eaters" which resort to the shores of the Humber in autumn. At the present day a few only nest on the cliffs of Dorsetshire, Lundy Island, Cornwall, Scilly, Wales, and, perhaps, on the Isle of Man ; while some find breeding-places in the Lak
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. LARID^. 677 "«f. ^^5 pp THE GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. Larus marInus, Linnaeus. As a breeding-species this Gull is by no means plentiful in England ; but birds in various stages of immaturity may be seen on our coasts at all seasons, while adults form a large proportion of the flocks of " corpse-eaters" which resort to the shores of the Humber in autumn. At the present day a few only nest on the cliffs of Dorsetshire, Lundy Island, Cornwall, Scilly, Wales, and, perhaps, on the Isle of Man ; while some find breeding-places in the Lake district, and inhabit the ' flows' in the neighbourhood of the Sol way. On the east of England no breeding-place is known. In many parts of Scotland this rapacious Gull is abundant, especially on the deeply indented coasts and islands of the north and west, and above all in the Outer Hebrides, where colonies of twenty to twenty-five pairs may be found ; it also resorts, there and elsewhere, to islets in mountain lakes, and to lofty hill-tops. In Ireland it is widely distributed on the rocky coasts, especially in the north and west. The Great Black-backed Gull is resident in Iceland and the Faroes,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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