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three of the outer for the greater part black ; all of 

 them are white near the ends, for an inch or more, 

 and some of the tips are black ; these are so long as 

 to reach an inch beyond the end of the tail, which 

 is white : legs crimson : webs and toes the same, but 

 of the former rather darker: claws black. Inhabits 

 New Holland ; not unfrequent at New South Wales, 

 most so in April." — Latham. 



ADRIATIC GULL. 



(Larus melauocephalus.) 



La. albus dorso cinereo, remigibus omnibus apice albis. 



White Gull with the back ash-coloured, all the quills white at 



the tip. 

 Larus melanocephalus. Mouette ou capuchon noir. Temm. man. 



d'Orn. 2 Edit. ii. 777. 

 Adriatic Gull. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 144. 



Common on the coasts of the Adriatic Sea and 

 Dalmatia. Length sixteen inches : beak rather short, 

 strong, and of a vermilion colour : irides and round 

 the eyes brown: the head, neck, upper parts, tail, and 

 quills, from the middle to the ends, white : back, 

 wings, second quills, and base of the greater, light 

 bluish-ash : legs light orange. In the summer the 

 head and upper part of the neck are deep black; 

 the fore part of the neck and belly are rose-colour, 

 which disappears soon after the death of the bird. 

 The young have the plumage mixed with deep brown \ 



