THE RAVENGLASS GULLERY.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—The writer of the above article in the Spectator of June 28th has omitted all mention of the large colony of terns whose immediate proximity to that of the black-headed gulls
is one of the most striking things in this remarkable breeding ground. If I remember rightly, the two colonies virtually touch each other, the terns being upon the landward side. At any rate, it was a strange sight to see such clouds of both birth, so different in appearance and flight, all in the air together, and yet keeping to their respective areas. The terns, of course, are later breeders. When I was there the young gulls were all or nearly all hatched out, while the terns were still sitting and laying.—I am, Sir, &c ,
A. G. BRADLEY.
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