. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . Herring Gulls Nesting in Captivityat Redcar. T. M. Fallot. Nest of Herring Gull at Kettleness. T. H. Nelson. Sec page 680. 68i LESSER BLACK-BACKED fuscus (L.). Resident in limited numbers, also winter visitant, common fromautumn to spring. Breeds sparingly in one or two localities. Im-mature birds remain off the coast during the whole of the year. Probably the earliest published notice of this bird inYorkshire is contained in the list of birds in the Rev. History of Cleveland (1808). Tho
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . Herring Gulls Nesting in Captivityat Redcar. T. M. Fallot. Nest of Herring Gull at Kettleness. T. H. Nelson. Sec page 680. 68i LESSER BLACK-BACKED fuscus (L.). Resident in limited numbers, also winter visitant, common fromautumn to spring. Breeds sparingly in one or two localities. Im-mature birds remain off the coast during the whole of the year. Probably the earliest published notice of this bird inYorkshire is contained in the list of birds in the Rev. History of Cleveland (1808). Thomas Allis, in 1844, wrote :— Larus fuscus.—Lesser Black-backed Gull—Met with rarely nearLeeds ; young birds not infrequently obtained about Sheffield ; F. reports it as common on the coast ; A. Strickland remarks thatIt is not an uncommon bird on this coast, but it does not breed onany part of the coast here, though in many places it breeds in companywith the Herring Gull This Gull is not so common on the Yorkshire coast as thepreceding species, but is fairly numerous in autumn andwinter when the young and old birds leave th
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