GULL

a name popularly applied to a genus of natatorial or swimming birds which includes a great many varieties, the plumage of most of them white, with a slaty or greyish upper mantle. The most common American types are the Great Black Head Gull and the Herring Gull. Their fish diet renders their meat too rank and coarse to be generally popular, but their eggs are in some sections an important item of local consumption.