. The sportsman's British bird book . in a footpath. The herring-gullsoccupy more prominent and exposed situations than those selected bythe lesser black-backs ; while on the extreme rocky summits are afew nests of the greater black-backed species. Thrift is used in theconstruction of the nest. Greater white- wing-ed Gull (Larus hyperboreus). This species is generallyreferred to in ornitho-logical works as theglaucous gull, from atranslation of its alter-native scientific title,Larus glmicus. Such atitle is, however, neitherdescriptive nor goodpopular English, and abetter name is that ofcrreat
. The sportsman's British bird book . in a footpath. The herring-gullsoccupy more prominent and exposed situations than those selected bythe lesser black-backs ; while on the extreme rocky summits are afew nests of the greater black-backed species. Thrift is used in theconstruction of the nest. Greater white- wing-ed Gull (Larus hyperboreus). This species is generallyreferred to in ornitho-logical works as theglaucous gull, from atranslation of its alter-native scientific title,Larus glmicus. Such atitle is, however, neitherdescriptive nor goodpopular English, and abetter name is that ofcrreater white - winV11I,^\-VJ MOUNTED IN THE ROWLAND WARD STUDIOS gull, since the white greater white-winged gull. head and tail and white quill-feathers, together with its large bodily size and the absence ofblack on the back, form the most distinctive characteristic of thisfine species. The white-winged gull is a circumpolar species, breed-ing in the Arctic zones of both hemispheres, wandering southwards. 148 GULL GROUP in winter as far as the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas inthe Old World, and to Florida and California in the New is during the winter migration alone that the species is seen inthe British Islands, where it is largely represented by immaturebirds, which are more common in Scotland than on the southerncoasts of England. To Ireland it is described as an uncertain winter-visitor, occurring only occasionally, and then in very small numbers ;but in very cold winters it sometimes makes its appearance, as inScotland, in flocks. Owing apparently to its predaccous habits, this gull is knownlocally on the Continent as the burgomaster. It feeds alike onyoung birds, fish, crabs, etc., and garbage of all kinds. Although inNorway it breeds on precipitous cliffs, at the Petchora embouchure,north-eastern Russia, it has been found nesting on low sandy islandsbut little above high-water mark. In the latter locality, as well ason Kolguev Island, near the mouth of the
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