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PALMIPEDES. 



Family LARID^E. f Bonaparte. J 



Genus Larus. ( Linnceus.) 



WHITE-EYED GULL. 



Larus leucopJitJialmus , 



Larus leucopMhalmus, Lightenstein. Temminck. 



X.ema leucoplitlialmum, Bonapaete. 



Goelancl a iris hlanc, Of the Feench. 



Weissdugige Move, Of the Gteemans. 



Adjameh, Of the Arabs. 



Specific Characters. — Tarsus two inclies long ; beak from tlie eyes 

 to tip, two inches and four fiftlis; a black bood, 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 

 the border of the Eed 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 



