. . LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS 41 hanging the water. The famous Bird Rocks in the Gulfof St. LawTence are probably the farthest south these birdsbreed, constructing substantial nests of grass and seaweedon inaccessible ledges. The ground color of the two orthree eggs is yellowish buff or greenish gray marked withirregular spots of bro-wn and lilac. Frequently the birds nest in very close proximity to eachother, resorting annually to the same filthy, guano-coveredrocks. The Pacific kittiwake, inhabiting the northern coastof Northern America

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. . LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS 41 hanging the water. The famous Bird Rocks in the Gulfof St. LawTence are probably the farthest south these birdsbreed, constructing substantial nests of grass and seaweedon inaccessible ledges. The ground color of the two orthree eggs is yellowish buff or greenish gray marked withirregular spots of bro-wn and lilac. Frequently the birds nest in very close proximity to eachother, resorting annually to the same filthy, guano-coveredrocks. The Pacific kittiwake, inhabiting the northern coastof Northern America, breeding in Alaska, is the westernform. THE HERRING GULL* The American Herring Gull is found throughout NorthAmerica, nesting from ]VIaine northward and westwardthroughout the interior, on the large inland waters, andoccasionally on the Pacific; south in the winter to Cuba andLower California. This gull is a common bird throughoutits range, particularly coastwise. Colonel Goss, in his Birdsof Kansas J writes as follows of the herring gull: In the month of Ju

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