COMMON GULL. 593 



the primaries nearly black, both as to the shafts and 

 greater part of the webs, all but the first being tipped wifch 

 brown ; upper tail-coverts dull white ; tail-feathers white, 

 the outer half black, except the outer feather on each 

 side, which has the outer web white ; chin and throat 

 white ; neck in front, the breast, and all the under surface 

 of the body mottled with light ash brown, on a ground 

 of white ; legs and feet pale yellowish-brown, the claws 

 black. 



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