GREAT BLACK-HEADED GULL 



PLATE CCXXII.* FIGURE II. 

 Laws icthyaetus, ...... PALLAS. 



ONE example of this bird, which inhabits the Red Sea 

 and India, was shot at the mouth of the Exe in June 

 1859. Of its breeding habits but little is known. Its eggs 

 are laid on the sand ; they are three in number, and are 

 of a dull yellowish stone colour, streaked and blotted with 

 black and brown. 



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