BROWN-HEADED GULD. 
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BROWN-HEADED GULL. 
Larus capistratus. 
The Brown-headed Gull is a rare occasional visitant in 
Great Britain; it is more frequently found in the Orkneys, 
but is not exclusively confined to that northern region, as we 
are informed that a specimen of this species was killed near 
Bangor, another in the vicinity of Belfast, and others in 
several different parts of the United Kingdom. M. Tem- 
minck has the credit of having distinguished this species 
from the pewit gull {Larus ridibundus), and, on exami¬ 
nation, it is easily to be perceived that this elegant sea¬ 
bird has every claim to a separate position in the list of 
British birds. 
We are informed that the present species is more fre¬ 
quently met with in the Arctic regions than elsewhere, and 
M. Temminck says that’ the specimens received from 
Baffin’s Bay and Davis’ Straits differ in no way from our 
Brown-headed Gull ; and that author speaks also of a spe¬ 
cimen that was captured in Liguria, and is now preserved 
in the collection of the Marquis of Durazzo, in Italy. 
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