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Tropical; As- 328. SOOTY TEEN. Sterna fuliginosa, 3. F. Gmelin. Three occur- 

 cension Island, rences, 1869, 1882, 1885, all in England. 



IHL ' Crown and sides of head black ; forehead white; above nearly black, 

 below white ; tail much forked ; feet webbed to ends of toes. Length 

 16 inches. 



Tropical. 329. LESSEE SOOTY TEEN. /Sterna ancesiheta, Scopoli. One record : 



mouth of Thames, 1875. 



1.1 \t*> Smaller than preceding, paler above ; nape white ; web between outer 

 and middle toe not reaching to the claw of the middle toe. Length 14 

 inches. 



Tropical. 330. NODDY TEEN. Anous stolidus (Linnaeus). Two records : Wex- 



ford, 1830. 



) 3 General colour dark brown ; forehead and crown grey ; throat lead- 

 g re 7 > tail long and graduated. Length 14 1 inches. 



Subfamily LAKIN./E. Legs and feet large and strong ; bill 

 shorter than head. 



Arctic America 331. SABINE'S GULL. Xema sabinii (Joseph Sabine). Irregular 

 to Peru in straggler. Young not infrequent ; adults very rare. 



Tail forked. 

 13 inches. 



| J In Adult, spring. Head dark grey, with black line underneath. Length 



' 1 ?t TripVios 



Arctic. / 332. WEDGE-TAILED G-ULL. Rhodostethia rosea, Macgillivray. One 



- / (7 record: Yorkshire. 



hi f ' 9 Tail long and graduated. Head rose-colour ; black collar round 



middle of neck ; bill black ; legs and feet vermilion. Length 14 inches. 

 Eggs unknown. 



N. Russia to 333. LITTLE GULL. Larus minutus, Pallas. Autumn to spring, 



Mediterranean sometimes in numbers. 



in winter. _. . _ T . . , 



Spring. Head black, 



* f8 Winter. Head white, with a few dusky spots. 

 \y[ Young. Head brownish, marked with black and grey. 



Smallest Gull, length of wing under 9^ inches. Length 10-11 inches. 



Arctic 334. BONAPAETE'S GULL. Larus Philadelphia, Ord. Eare straggler. 



wintering in Head greyish black ; bill black, -rathe* slender ; legs red ; outer web 



Florida and of first primary black, white or pale grey margins to inner webs of two 

 California. t*j ou t e r primaries, broad black ends to first six. Length 14-15 inches. 



335. BEOWN-HEADED GULL. Larus ridibundus, Linnaeus. Eesident. 



Head sooty brown from about March 1st to August 1st. 



Winter. Head white, with grey patch behind eye. 



Young. Marked above with brown, and, as in all Hack-headed Gulls, 

 has blackish bar at end of tail. 



Primaries white, with black tips, edged on the inner web with black 

 and usually on the outer web. Length 15-16 inches. 



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