. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. LARID^. 671. THE COMMON GULL. Larus canus, Linnseus. The trivial name of this species has led to man)' errors as regards England and Wales, though the bird is certainly " common " on the coasts from autumn to spring, and is frequently seen inland. In April, however, the adults pass northwards, and I am not yet aware of a single breeding-place south of the Border; but as this Gull nests on the Scottish side of the Solway, an exception may, perhaps, have to be made in time to come as regards England in that neighbourhood. Northward the &
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. LARID^. 671. THE COMMON GULL. Larus canus, Linnseus. The trivial name of this species has led to man)' errors as regards England and Wales, though the bird is certainly " common " on the coasts from autumn to spring, and is frequently seen inland. In April, however, the adults pass northwards, and I am not yet aware of a single breeding-place south of the Border; but as this Gull nests on the Scottish side of the Solway, an exception may, perhaps, have to be made in time to come as regards England in that neighbourhood. Northward the " Blue Maa," as it is appropriately called from its colour, is found breeding in abundance on the coasts as well as the fresh-water moorland lochs of Scotland, including the Hebrides, Orkneys and Shetlands; but it is comparatively rare in summer along those portions of the east coast which are precipitous, and unsuited to its habits. In Ireland the " common " Gull of the peasantry is generally L. ridibundus, but since Mr. R. Warren found a small colony on Lough Talt, co. Sligo, in the summer of 1855, other breeding-places have been discovered in cos. Mayo, Donegal and Kerry ; while in winter the bird is plentiful by the sea. The Common Gull is only a spring visitor to the Faeroes, and of rare occurrence in Iceland ; but it is numerous in Scandinavia up. 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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