GULL. 133 



Larus cinereus, Rail, 128. A. 5. Will. 1G4. pi. CG. Scop. \. No. 105. Gerin.v. t. 



527. Vc/. 52G. younger bird. 

 Die Schwarzkopfige Lachmeve, Bcchst. Deuts.W. 819. W/. Ed. 2d. iv. p. 035. 

 La Mouette rieuse, jBj//. viii. 433. PL enl. 970. 

 Brown-headed Gull, Albin, ii. pi. 86. 

 Black-headed Gull, Gen.Si/n.v]. 380. Id. Sup. 2<iS. Br. Zool. ii. No. 252. /rf./o/. 



143. pi. L. 5. /e/. 1812. ii. p. 189. ^rc*. Zool. ii. No. 455. /7or. Scot. i. pi. 5. 



f. 1. Willi Engl. 347.' pl.M Bewick, ii. pl ; . p.<222. Lewinjvi. pi. 212; pi. Ixiii. 



f. 1. the egg. JFa/co/, i. pi. 115. Plot, Staff. 23\. Lin. Trans, vii. 284. Or/i. 



Diet. Sf Supp. 



LENGTH fifteen inches ; breadth three feet ; weight ten ounces. 

 Bill rather slender, blood red ; eyelids the same ; irides hazel ; head 

 and throat brown black ; on each eyelid a small white spot; back 

 and wings ash-colour; the neck, all the under parts, and tail white; 

 the first ten quills white, margined, and more or less tipped with 

 black ; the others ash, with white ends; legs like the bill, and the 

 claws black. 



A. — Larus cinerarius, Ind. Orn.W. 812. jS. Lin. i. 224. Gm. Lin.\. 597. Fn. Helv. 

 Larus canus, Scop. i. No. 104. 



Gavia cinerea minor, Bris. vi. 178. 9. t. 17. f. 1. Id. Svo. ii. 409. 

 Die aschgraue Meve, Bechst. Deutsch. ii. 812. Naturf. xii. 143. 

 Kleine Zee-meeuw, Sepp, Vog. iii. t. p. 281. 



Larus cinereus rostro et pedibus rubris, Gerin. v. t. 526. Id. 528. Var. 

 Larus albus major, Rati, 129. 9. Will. 264. 

 La petite Mouette cendree, Biff. viii. 430. 

 Xe petit Goiland, PI. enl. 969. 

 Dingla, Forsk. Faun. Arab. p. 8. 17. 

 La Mouette blanche, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 411 ? 

 Greater White Gull of Belon, Will. Engl. 348. Br. Zool. ii. No. 252. A. Id. 1812. 



ii. p. 191. 

 Red-legged Gull, Gen. Syn. vi. 381. Orn. Diet. $ Supp. 



In this the fore part of the head is white; space round the eyes 

 dusky ; from the corner of each eye a broad dusky bar, surrounding 

 the hindhead ; behind that another, from ear to ear ; ends and outer 

 edges of the three first quills black ; the ends and interior of the 



