290 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
marked with ashy-brown, anfthe tail with a terminal blackish 
band” (Dresser). 
Distribution: Inhabits the Mediterranean, breeding on 
south coast of Spain, at the mouth of the Rhone, in the Black 
Sea, Egypt, &c. Ranges eastward into Scinde and southward 
on the Western African coast to Senegal. 
Habitat: The sea-coast, seldom flying far inland. 
AUDOUIN’S GULL. 
Larus audouini Payr. 
Adult (Summer): “ Back and entire mantle pale French- 
grey or pearl-grey ; frst two primaries black, with a large white 
spot at the tip ; remainder French-grey, black towards the tip, 
and tipped with white; rest of the plumage pure white, the 
under parts sometimes with a faint rosy tinge; legs and feet 
dark lead-grey ; claws black ; bill coral-red, with a black band 
at the tip; iris hazel, edge of the eyelids coral-red. - Total 
length about 20 inches; culmen 2°35; wine 75-7 ; tail G55 
tarsus 2°4” (Dresser). 
Adult Female (Summer): “ Undistinguishable in plum- 
age from the male” (Dresser). 
Young of the year: Plumage generally washed with 
several tints of grey and brown; mantle brown, irregularly 
spotted with clear brown and reddish; tail more or less 
speckled with black and brown (Degland). 
Distribution: Inhabits the Mediterranean region, especti- 
ally about the western islands and coast of Africa. 
Habitat: The sea-coast, seldom found far inland. 
MEDITERRANEAN OR YELLOW-LEGGED 
HERRING GULL. | 
Larus cachinnans /2v. 
Adult: Differs only from Z. argentatus by its darker 
mantle, yellow legs and feet, and the deep orange-red ring 
round the outside of the eye (Saunders). Length 22 to 26 
inches ; culmen 2°4; wing 17 to 18°5; tail 7°7 ; tarsus 2°75. 
