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rest of underparts white, often suffused with a rosy pink. In 

 winter the head is white, marked with grey, especially behind 

 the eye. Legs and feet red ; bill liver red in summer, paler in 

 winter. Sexes alike. 



423. White-eyed Gull. Larus leucophthahnus Temminck. 



Larus leucophthalmus. Shelley, p. 308. 



Not uncommon at times in the neighbourhood of Suez. 



Length about 17 inches. Somewhat similar to Hemprich's 

 gull, but darker in colouration, with a white patch above and 

 below the eye, and the bill is redder. 



424. Hemprich's Gull. Larus hemyrichi Bruch. 



Not mentioned by Shelley. 



A somewhat rare straggler to the Ked Sea coast of Egypt. 



Length about 17 inches. Head, throat and mantle dull 

 dark brown ; wings brown, the secondaries with pale tips. Pri- 

 maries blackish, some with white tips. Eyelid, tail and under- 

 parts white, except the flanks and upper breast, which are 

 greyish brown. Bill greenish yellow at the angle, zoned with 

 black, reddish on the anterior portion. Legs and feet olive 

 green. Sexes similar. 



425. Great Black-headed Gull. Larus ichthyaetus Pallas. 



Larus ichthyaetus. Shelley, p. 307. 



Not uncommon in suitable localities, though apparently 

 far less common than it was in Shelley's time. It is a visitor 

 arriving in autumn and leaving in spring. 



Length about 30 inches. Head all round black ; a white 

 patch on the eyelids ; neck, tail and lower parts white. Mantle 

 and wings pearl grey, with the exception of the primaries, which 

 are white, marked at the ends and on the outer parts of the first 

 quills with black. Legs and feet yellow. Bill yellow at base 

 and tip, the remainder red, with a black mark at angle. In winter 

 plumage the head is streaked with black and white. 



426. Kittiwake Gull. Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus). 



Not mentioned by Shelley. 

 In the " Ibis," October, 1917, Captain A. Boyd states 

 that he saw a few at Port Said in March, 1916. This is the 

 only record I know of from Egypt. I have never seen one 

 myself. 



