American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus

European Herring Gull
Larus argentatus

fish
neither fish, flesh nor good red herring

gull
herring gull

herring
herring bus

lean
as lean as shotten herring

neither
...good red herring

pickled
pickled herring

red
red herring

red herring
to be a red herring

shotten
shotten herring

spent
spent herring

sprat
...catch a herring / to throw a sprat to catch a mackerel / to throw a sprat to catch a whale

white
white herring