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PALMIPEDES. 



Famihj LARIDJE. f Bonaparte.) 



Genus Larus. ( Limiceus.J 



WHITE-EYED GULL. 



Larus leucoplithahnus. 



Larus leucophthalmus, Lichtenstein. Temminck. 



2^ema leucoplitlialmum, Bonapaete. 



Goeland a iris hlanc, Of the Peench. 



Weissclugige Move, Of the Geemans. 



Adjameli, ~ Or the Aeabs. 



Specific Characters. — Tarsus two inches long ; beak from the eyes 

 to tip, two inches and four fifths; a black hood, lightly tinged 

 with grey in the adult, and with ash brown, the feathers being 

 bordered with white, in the young. Length sixteen inches and 

 four fifths. — Degland. 



This species is found on the coasts of Greece, on 

 tlie border of the Red Sea, and the shores of the 

 Bosphorus. Count Miihle says it visits Greece in 

 spring in flocks, but that it is local, being found 

 especially in the lower end of the narrow channel 

 which separates the Island of Euboa or Negropont 

 from Boeotia and Attica, near the town of Egripos, 

 where, in the clear shallow salt water it may be seen 



