BLACK-HEADED GULL. 



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NATATORES. 



LARIDM. 



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THE BLACK-HEADED GULL. 



Larus ridilnindus. Black-headed Gull, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. pp. 18P, 



191, and 192. 

 Mont. Omitli. Diet. 



15e\vick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 242. 



Flem, Brit. An. p. 141. 

 Sklby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 486. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 272. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xi. 

 Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii.p. 780. 



The Black-headed Gull is abundant on various parts 

 of our coast, particularly those that are flat and marshy. In 

 such situations it is very common, and while wearing its dark 



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