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\_Larus melanocephalus. Abbiatic Gull. 



Larus melaDocephalus, Natterer, Isis^ 1818^ p. 816, 



Larus melanocephalus, Naum. x. p. 354; Harting, p. 175; 

 Dresser, viii. p. 365. 



MlldnScephahis = black-headed ; from fiiXas + xeipaXii. 



A single specimen in immature plumage, now in the 

 British Museum, is said to have been obtained at Barking 

 Creek, January 1866. The species inhabits the Mediter- 

 ranean and Black Seas, and the Atlantic coast of Europe 

 as far north as Bordeaux.] 



Larus ridibundus. Black-headed Gull. 

 Larus ridibundus, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 225 (1766). 



Larus ridibundus, Naum. x. p. 264; Hewitson, p. 491; 



Ydrr. ed. 2, iii. p. 550; id. ed. 3, iii. pp. 566, 569; 



Harting, p. 77 ; Dresser, viii. p. 357. 

 Gavia ridibunda, Macg. v. p. 593. 

 Gavia capistrata, Macg. v. p. 605. 

 Larus ridibundus et capistratus. Gray, pp. 234, 235. 

 Larus capistratus, Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 547; id. ed. 3, iii. 



p. 566. 

 Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Gould, v. pi. 64. 

 The Masked Gull, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 430. 

 The Black-headed Gull, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 433. 



Ridibundus = full of laughter ; from rideo = I laugh. 



An abundant and regular visitant, breeding in many 

 suitable localities in the United Kingdom ; but whoUy or 

 partially migratory in winter. It inhabits the Palsearctic 

 Region from Britain to Japan, visiting India and Africa in 

 winter. 



Larus minutus. Little Gull. 



Larus minutus, Pallas, Reise Buss. Reichs, iii. App. 

 p. 702 (1776). 



Larus minutus, Naum. x. p. 242; Hewitson, p. 490; Gray, 



