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flock they saw near Keneh, in Upper Egypt. This is the 

 most southern point on the Nile that I am aware of its 

 having been met with. 



Head, neck, tail, outer border of the wing, and greater 

 part of the first four primaries white ; outer web of the first 

 primary, inner border of the first four, and ends of all black ; 

 remainder of the upper plumage pearl-grey; underparts 

 white, beautifully shaded with pink ; beak and legs coral- 

 red ; irides very pale yellow. 



Entire length 16 inches; culmen I'G; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 11-5 ; tarsus 1'9. 



Fig. Bree, B. of Eur. vol. iv. p. 98. 



340. Larus ichthyaetus. Pall. Great Black-headed Gull. 



(Plate XIII.) 



This fine species ranges throughout Egypt and Nubia, and 

 is far from uncommon. In the Fayoom I met with it daily 

 on Birket el Korn, and frequently shot it in full plumage in 

 February, and have also noticed it as high up the Nile as 

 El Kab. It is likewise abundant on the coast of the Red Sea 

 and Mediterranean. 



Entire head and upper part of the neck black, with a small 

 white patch above and below the eye ; remainder of the neck, 

 upper part of the back, tail-coverts, tail, and under surface of 

 the body white ; back, scapulars, and greater part of the 

 wing-coverts pearl-grey ; primaries white, with a large patch 

 of clear black near the ends of the feathers and on the outer 

 web of the first one, the smaller ones being grey, with white 

 tips ; the outer secondaries white, the inner ones grey tipped 



