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230. Larus bnmneicephalus. The Beown-headed Gull. 



Dhorura, India. 



$ 16" to 17". Legs red. Bill red, tip dark. Head brown, paler on forehead, 

 and darker towards neck. First quill black, white at base, white subterminal 

 mirror, and faint white tip. Second quill similar, but no light tip. Third quill 

 black, with more white at base and small white subterminal spot. Fourth and 

 fifth quills with basal white increasing on both webs. Seventh quill tip white, 

 white on outer web, and grey on inner web, with a black spot. Eighth, ninth, 

 and tenth grey. — In winter : Head dusky grey. Breeds in C. Asia, and ranges 

 south in winter, from Aden, through India, to Assam, Manipur, and Burma. 

 (J. 980. B. 1491.). See illustration, p. 215. 



Also L. macuUpennis. 15" Legs red. Bill crimson. Eyelid and patch behind eye white. 

 First quiU black, terminal 3" white. Second quill white outer web. Subterminal bar black, 

 inner web with black clear of white shaft. Third quill similar, but with more subterminal 

 black. — In winter: No hood for short time, and not rosy beneath. East of S. America. 



L. glaucodes. 14". Like L. macuUpennis, but primaries without the black subterminal 

 bars. S. America. 



Hood Mack or brown. Mantle sooty. 

 231. Larus hemprichi. The Sooty Gull. 



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(? 18f" to 19 J"; 14 to 18 oz. $ 13 to 14 oz. Legs greenish. Bill green, 

 tip red, with intervening black bar. Head dark brown. Narrow white collar on 

 back and sides of neck. First, second, third, and fourth quills blackish, with 

 white tip and spot. Wing-lining sooty. — In winter: Head pale brown, mottled 

 whitish. Chin white. Throat and foreneck mottled white and brown; white 

 collar wanting. Lower Eed Sea, E. Africa, S. Arabia, Baluchistan, and Sind. 

 Eggs (2-27 X 1-58) buff, spotted brown and lilac. (B. 1492. S.F. i. 279.) 



Also Z. Uucopthalmus. 15J". Legs yellow. Bill orange. Head black. Mantle deep 

 slate. Eyelids and hind neck white. Primaries chiefly sooty black, tipped white. Eed Sea, 

 Lower Egypt, Greek Archipelago, and Sicily. 



L. fuliginosus. S 17". 9 15". Legs black. Bill red. Head black. Eyelids white. 

 Primaries chiefly black, tipped grey. Galapagos. 



Hood grey. Mantle grey. 

 L. cirrhocephalus. 16". Legs and bill red. Eyelids white. First and second quills black, 

 with white subterminal mirrors. Third quiU with smaller white mirror. — In winter: Head 

 white. Brazil and Africa. 



