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" nt'ger, BtUSSON.
L<ims—A ravenous Sea-bird. Bfarinta—Belonging to the sea—marine
T i n s fine bird occurs in Europe, in Sweden, the Ferroe Islands,
Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Norway, and Iceland.
In America, in Greenland, Baffin's Bay, Labrador, and as far south
as Florida. In Asia, in the vicinity of the Caspian Sea.
I t is with us a not uncommon though not numerous species; seen
throughout the year on the shores of the Island, but for the most
part singly or in pairs.
They breed abundantly in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, also
on the Bass Hock, in the Frith of Forth, and one or two other
stations on the Scottish coast, and the northern islands of the same;
Souliskerry in the Orkneys; and in Shetland; so too ou Luudy Island
and Steep Holme, in the Bristol Channel; and near St. David's, as also*
according to Mr. Varrcll, 0 1 1 the low lands of the estuary of the
Thames.
I n Yorkshire, I have seen the Black-backed Gull near Burlington,
and it is not uncommon on the coast. It has occurred at times about
Hnddersfield and Barnsley. So in Norfolk, at Yarmouth, and along
the shore; as likewise in Suffolk, Durham, and Northumberland, also
in Devonshire and Dorsetshire. In Surrey it has been seen at Godalming.
I n Lincolnshire, at Tetney.
In Cambridgeshire one was bought at Cambridge, in the market.
I n Oxfordshire, small parties of four or five have been frequently