586 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
mixed with grey; the back of the head and neck 
darkish grey; back and scapulars a beautiful silky 
gull-grey; there is a spot of white on the tip of the 
longer scapulars; the rump and tail-coverts white; 
ridge on the shoulder of the wing gull-grey; lesser 
wing-coverts black, narrowly margined with white; 
greater coverts dark grey, tipped with white; primary 
quills black, except the greater part of the inner web, 
which is white, edged with black for a short way 
from the tip; there is a little spot of white on the 
tip of each feather, getting broader on the shorter 
quills, the hghter parts of which extend to the outer 
web also, and are a sort of light gull-grey, instead of 
white ; secondary quills gull-grey, tipped with white ; 
tertials black, tipped with white; tail-feathers white, 
broadly tipped with black, except the outer feather 
on each side, which has only a small spot of black 
on the imner web. This very much agrees with 
Yarrell’s description of a Little Gull killed in 
November, except that his bird has a white collar 
at the back of the neck, and immediately beneath 
this a broad black band, but about this time the 
young birds are probably losing this black band, 
much as the Kittiwake appears to do, which bird 
the Little Gull very much resembles in its earlier 
stages, more so than it does the other Blackheaded 
Gulls. 
The egg is said to be olive-brown, spotted with 
two shades of reddish brown. 
