. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ^ u THE BIRD E(n)X V 5-3^=. M). ttE-^Ti:Rx GrLL. Lartis occidfiilaUs. Western Gull Herring Gull It is twenty-four inches in 1\yhlch are tipped withwhite. The HerringGulls nest in coloniesin favorable localitiesthroughout their range,chiefly on the coastsand islands. A few pairsalso nest on Islands insome of the inlandbodies of fresh in places wherethey are continuallymolested. when theywill build in trees, theyplace their nests on
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . ^ u THE BIRD E(n)X V 5-3^=. M). ttE-^Ti:Rx GrLL. Lartis occidfiilaUs. Western Gull Herring Gull It is twenty-four inches in 1\yhlch are tipped withwhite. The HerringGulls nest in coloniesin favorable localitiesthroughout their range,chiefly on the coastsand islands. A few pairsalso nest on Islands insome of the inlandbodies of fresh in places wherethey are continuallymolested. when theywill build in trees, theyplace their nests on theground either makingno nest on the baresand, or building abulky nest of seaweedin the grass on higherparts of the lay three eggs ofa grayish color marked wieggs are found. Size x 1 Range.—Pacific. Coast, breeding from southernCalifornia to British Columbia. This bird, whicli is the most southerly distrib-uted of the larger Gulls is twenty-four inches inlength. Mantle slate colored; primaries black,both these and the secondaries being broadlytipped with whitg. These Gulls nest abundantlyon the Farallones. the majority of them showinga preference for the
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