. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . ■ I. .-• i% HERRING GULL. 153 NA TA TORES. LA RIDM. PLATE CCCIX. HERRING LARUS ARGENTATUS. The Herring Gull is indigenous in Great Britain, verynumerous on the southern and western coasts; but, accord-ing to Selby, less so on the coast of Northumberland ; butno one gives us a reason why this should be the case, althoughwe have no doubt of the statement made by that distinguishednaturalist. The geographical distribution of the Herring Gullextends over most parts of Europe, and, according tosome authors, it is found in America, b
. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . ■ I. .-• i% HERRING GULL. 153 NA TA TORES. LA RIDM. PLATE CCCIX. HERRING LARUS ARGENTATUS. The Herring Gull is indigenous in Great Britain, verynumerous on the southern and western coasts; but, accord-ing to Selby, less so on the coast of Northumberland ; butno one gives us a reason why this should be the case, althoughwe have no doubt of the statement made by that distinguishednaturalist. The geographical distribution of the Herring Gullextends over most parts of Europe, and, according tosome authors, it is found in America, being very com-mon during the winter about New York and Phila-delphia. Besides our shores, those of Holland and Franceabound with this species; and as far north as Swedenand Norway it is known to be met with. In the Me-diterranean the Herring Gull appears periodically, but,according to Temminck, those individuals are chieflyyoung birds. 154 LARIIWE. The present species inhabits, by preference, the sea-coast and the mouths of large rivers, but under pec
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