MEDITERRANEAN BLACK-HEADED 



GULL 



ADRIATIC BLACK-HEADED GULL. 



PLATE CCXXI I.* FIGURE I. 

 Larus melanocephalus, .... NATTERER. 



A SINGLE specimen of this species is said to have 

 been obtained in England. 



The nest is described by Dresser as made of small 

 twigs. 



The eggs, from two to three in number, are of a paler stone 

 colour than those of the ordinary Black-headed Gull. 



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