258 LARID^. 



Larus melanocephalus Mediterranean 

 BjjAck-headed Gull. 



Larus melanoceplialus Temminck, Man. d'Om. 2n(l ed. 

 ii. 1820, p. 777 : Adriatic sea. 



Larus melanocephalus Natterer; B. 0. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, 

 p. 191 ; Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. ixv. 1896, p. 180 ; id. 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 667. 

 Melanocephalus =ii\aok.-}ieaAei; from /leXas and Ke<j>aXri. 



Distnhution in the British Islands. — A Kare Visitor, which 

 has been recorded four times : — Essex, Jan. 1866 ; Norfolk, 

 Dec. 1886 ; Yorkshire, Nov. 1895 ; Kent, Sept. 1913. Two 

 are also said to have been taken in Cornwall, March 1851, 

 but the evidence does not seem quite convincing. 



General Distribution. — The Mediterranean Black-headed 

 Gull inhabits the Mediterranean and Black seas, ranging 

 westwards to Spain, Portugal, and south-west France. It 

 breeds in Asia Minor, Syria, the Crimea, Dobruja, on the 

 shores of the Black sea and Greece, and is said to have 

 nested in Hungary. It probably breeds in other parts of 

 its range, possibly in south-west Spain. In winter it visits 

 north Africa, ranging as far south as Nubia. It is occasional 

 in northern France. 



Larus Philadelphia. Bonaparte's Gull. 



Sterna pMladelpMa Ord in Guthrie's Geogr. 2nd Amer. 

 ed. ii. 1815, p. 319: near Philadelphia, U.S.A. 



Lai-us Philadelphia (Orrf) ; B. O. TT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 192; 

 Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. 1896, p. 185 ; id. Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 661. 



Philadelphia, because found near Philadelphia in America. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Eare Visitor^ It has 

 occurred several times: — co. Down, Feb. 1848 j Loch 

 Lomond, April 1850; Cornwall, Jan. 1865 & Oct. 1890; 

 Sussex, Nov. 1870 & Nov. 1913. 



General Distribution. — Bonaparte's Gull breeds in North 

 America from north-western Alaska to Hudson Bay and south 



