. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. . Fig. 103.—Black-backed Gull. Fig. 104.—Grey Gull. regions, and habitually visits the shores of the Atlantic to the coastof France. The Herring Gull {Larus argentatus) is white, with a blue is not so large as the previous bird. It is seen throughout theyear onthe coasts of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, frequentlyassociated with the Common Grey Gull (Fig. 104). THE SKUA. 285 The only species of Rissas necessary for us to describe is theKittiwake {Ri
. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. . Fig. 103.—Black-backed Gull. Fig. 104.—Grey Gull. regions, and habitually visits the shores of the Atlantic to the coastof France. The Herring Gull {Larus argentatus) is white, with a blue is not so large as the previous bird. It is seen throughout theyear onthe coasts of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, frequentlyassociated with the Common Grey Gull (Fig. 104). THE SKUA. 285 The only species of Rissas necessary for us to describe is theKittiwake {Rissa tridadyla, Fig. 105), which has the top of the headblack, its neck, tail, and lower parts of a white hue ; its back andwings are bluish grey, and its beak and feet veimilion red. It iscalled the Laughing Gull, on account of its cry, and is most easilytamed. It is widely spread all over Europe, and builds its nest onthe coast at the mouths of rivers. It is only a visitor in France andGermany, but in Holland it is found as a permanent resident. Owing
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