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LARI D/E. 
The adult in winter has the beak yellow at the tip, 
and blue at the base; the eye brown ; the eyelids crimson ; 
the legs and feet yellow ; the joints blue, and the Avebs 
bluish ; the head and all the under plumage white, with 
very fine dusky streaks on the occiput, nape, and back of 
the head, as also before and below the eyes; the entire 
upper plumage gull-grey with a white border to the wing, 
greater wing-coverts, and tertials ; the tail pure Avhite. The 
primary quills black; the first two have a spot of white 
across the ends, but the tips are black, the rest are tipped 
Avith Avhite; the secondaries are gull-grey, tipped with 
white. 
In summer plumage the beak of the adult bird is yelloAv ; 
the legs and feet livid yelloAv, Avith blue joints ; the eyes 
broAvn, and the eyelids and corners of the gape bright red. 
The back, scapulars, and all the upper plumage the same 
as the adult in winter; the head, neck, breast, belly, vent, 
and tail Avhite ; the breast and belly tinged Avith salmon 
red. 
The egg figured 304 is that of the Common Gull. 
