. The birds of Europe . ifferent, the bird appears much larger and the tail shorter in proportion. In its habits, manners, mode of nidification and food, this species closely resembles its congeners, feedingupon the refuse of the fisherman or any animal substances thrown up by the tide: it may also be observedscattered over marshes and newly-ploughed fields busily engaged in searching for worms, insects, and theirlarva?. It usually breeds in the marshes near the coast, and lays three eggs, of a dull clay colour, thinlymarked with irregular patches of pale purplish brown. The whole of the head
. The birds of Europe . ifferent, the bird appears much larger and the tail shorter in proportion. In its habits, manners, mode of nidification and food, this species closely resembles its congeners, feedingupon the refuse of the fisherman or any animal substances thrown up by the tide: it may also be observedscattered over marshes and newly-ploughed fields busily engaged in searching for worms, insects, and theirlarva?. It usually breeds in the marshes near the coast, and lays three eggs, of a dull clay colour, thinlymarked with irregular patches of pale purplish brown. The whole of the head and the upper part of the neck are blackish lead colour; circle surrounding the eye,the neck, all the under surface, and tail pure white; primaries black, with the exception of their extremetips, which are white; the remainder of the upper surface and wings dark grey passing into white on theedge of the shoulder and the tips of the secondaries; bill red ; feet reddish brown. We have figured an adult of the natural
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