EditorialLarus ridibundus, Print, The black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is a small gull that breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory and winters further south, but some birds reside...
EditorialLarus fuscus, Print, The lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) is a large gull that breeds on the Atlantic coasts of Europe. It is migratory, wintering from the British Isles south to West Africa. It is a regular winter visitor to the east coast of N...
EditorialLarus marinus, Print, The great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), mistakenly called greater black-backed gull by some, is the largest member of the gull family. It breeds on the European and North American coasts and islands of the North Atlantic and ...
EditorialLarus modestus, Print, The grey gull (Leucophaeus modestus) is a medium-sized gull native to South America. Unusual among gulls, it breeds inland in the extremely dry Atacama Desert in northern Chile, although it is present as a non-breeding bird along...
EditorialLarus minutus, Print, The little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus or Larus minutus), is a small gull that breeds in northern Europe and Asia. The genus name Hydrocoloeus is from Ancient Greek hydro, "water.
EditorialLarus dominicanus, Print, The kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), also known as the Dominican gull, is a gull which breeds on coasts and islands through much of the Southern Hemisphere. The nominate L. d. dominicanus is the subspecies found around South Ame...
EditorialThe Laughing Gull (Larus articilla). Dated: published 1731-1743. Dimensions: plate: 26.2 x 34.3 cm (10 5/16 x 13 1/2 in.) sheet: 35.9 x 51.6 cm (14 1/8 x 20 5/16 in.). Medium: hand-colored engraving on laid paper.
EditorialParasitic jaeger, arctic skua or parasitic skua, Stercorarius parasiticus (Arctic gull, Larus parasiticus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824.
EditorialGrey-headed gull (African), Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus poiocephalus (Grey cap'd gull, Larus poiocephalus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library: Ornithology: Birds of W...
EditorialNorthern gannet, Morus bassanus, ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea, and European herring gull, Larus argentatus. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Fournier after a drawing by Edouard Travies from Richard's "New Edition of the Complete Works of Buffon," Po...
EditorialWandering albatross, Diomedea exulans (vulnerable), and gull, Larus canus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, en...
EditorialWagel gull, young of the great black-backed gull, Larus marinus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoo...
EditorialMew or winter gull, Larus canus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engra...