WHITE-EYED GULL. 71 



coral red, \v^ith the point blackish; iris dark brown; gullet yellowish 

 corneous; feet yellow, the joints more plumbose." — (Heuglin.) 



The young before the first moult have all the upper parts, flanks, 

 and the greater part of the tail dull brown or earth-colour; primaries 

 dark brown; only the extreme point of the secondaries white; throat, 

 front of the neck, crop, and middle of abdomen white; legs lead 

 brown or greenish; and the beak black. After the first moult, during 

 the winter, the head and top of the neck dark ash brown; top of 

 the body slate colour; under parts pure white; primaries black, 

 terminated by a fine white border, scarcely visible in the three first; 

 the secondaries broadly tipped with white; tail perfectly white; beak 

 russet yellow; legs dull yellow; iris white. 



Figured by Temminck and Laugier, pi. color. S66, plumage of 

 spring. The figure is from Werner's Atlas of Plates to Temminck's 

 Birds of Europe. The egg is from Heuglin. 



