LARUS. 191 



'Larus melanocephalus. ADRIATIC GVLL. 

 Laru's melanocephalus, Natterer, Isis, 1818, p. 816. 



Larus melanocephalus, Naum. x. p. 254; Harting, p. 175; 

 Dresser, viii. p. 365. 



Melandcephdlus = black-headed ; from /leXas + we^aX^. 



A single specimen in immature plumage, now in the 

 British Museum, is said to have been obtained at Barking 

 Creek, January 1866. The species inhabits the Mediter- 

 ranean and Black Seas, and the Atlantic coast of Europe 

 as far north as Bordeaux J 



Larus ridibundus. BLACK-HEADED GULL. 



Larus ridibundus, Linnteus, S. N. i. p. 225 (1766). 



Larus ridibundus, Naum. x. p. 264; Hewitson, p. 491; 



Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 550; id. ed. 3, iii. pp. 566, 569; 



Harting, p. 77 ; Dresser, viii. p. 357. 

 Gavia ridibunda, Macg. v. p. 593. 

 Gavia capistrata, Macg. v. p. 605. 

 Larus ridibundus et capistratus, Gray, pp. 234, 235. 

 Larus capistratus, Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 547; id. ed. 3, iii. 



p. 566. 



Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Gould, v. pi. 64. 

 The Masked Gull, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 430. 

 The Black-headed Gull, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 433. 



Eidibundus = full of laughter ; from video = I laugh. 



An abundant and regular visitant, breeding in many 

 suitable localities in the United Kingdom ; but wholly or 

 partially migratory in winter. It inhabits the Palaearctic 

 Region from Britain to Japan, visiting India and Africa in 

 winter. 



Larus minutus. LITTLE GULL. 



Larus minutus, Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, iii. App. 

 p. 702 (1776). 



Larus minutus, Naum. x. p. 242; Hewitson, p. 490; Gray, 



