LAUGHING GULL. 



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this species was first described from a bird talcen at Trieste, 

 in the winter of 1829. Forehead white, some small greyish 

 feathers around the beak ; four spots about the eye ; upper 

 part of the plumage silvery grey ; small wing coverts dusky 

 brown, the larger coverts tipped with white ; first wing- 

 primary uniform brown ; the next five also brown, but each 

 with one white spot ; from the sixth to the tenth the shafts 

 are brown, the webs white ; outer tail-feather on each side 

 white, the others Avith a broad terminal band of brown ; 

 under surface of the body silvery white. A young bird in 

 the plumage of its first winter. 



The vignette below was taken from a pen-and-ink sketch 

 sent me by Charles Anderson, Esq., to illustrate the de- 

 scription at the top of page 436. 







-/vVNt-NAJ 



