BRITISH BIRDS, 
BLACK-HEADED GULL. 
BLACK-CAP, OR PEWIT GULL. 
(Lams ridibunduSi Lin . — La Mouelte rievfe a patios rouges-, 
BrliTon. — La Mouette rleiife, BufF.) 
This pretty looking bird meafures fifteen inches 
in length, thirty-fix in breadth, and weighs about 
two ounces. The bill is of rather a Bender make, 
and of a full red colour : the irides hazel : edges of 
the eye-lids red : head black ; but in fome fpeci- 
mens it inclines to a moufe-coloured brown. The 
back and wings are of a delicate pale lead, or afh- 
colour ; the neck, tail, and all the under parts, 
pure white. The hrll quills in the fpecimen from 
which the above drawing was made, were black on 
the outer webs j thofe next them v/hite, and black 
