. A practical handbook of British birds . alebrown to buffish-white ; narrow ring round eye, patch behind eyeand back of neck white ; lores and anterior part of ear-coverts palebuff to whitish ; patch in front of eye, line under eye and posteriorpart of ear-coverts dark brown ; crown and mantle brown, feathersnarrowly edged and tipped pale buff to whitish and bases grey towhitish ; upper scapulars same but with long yellowish-buff tips,lower ones ash-grey with whitish tips ; back ash-grey, feathers veryfaintly tipped pale yellow-buff ; rump and upper tail-coverts white,sometimes with a few buf
. A practical handbook of British birds . alebrown to buffish-white ; narrow ring round eye, patch behind eyeand back of neck white ; lores and anterior part of ear-coverts palebuff to whitish ; patch in front of eye, line under eye and posteriorpart of ear-coverts dark brown ; crown and mantle brown, feathersnarrowly edged and tipped pale buff to whitish and bases grey towhitish ; upper scapulars same but with long yellowish-buff tips,lower ones ash-grey with whitish tips ; back ash-grey, feathers veryfaintly tipped pale yellow-buff ; rump and upper tail-coverts white,sometimes with a few buff tips ; under-parts white, with a patchof yellow-brown on sides of upper-breast and often some flank-feathers tipped same and a wash across upper-breast; axillariesand under wing-coverts as adult but usually some grey-black onouter under primary-coverts ; tail-feathers white with huffish- THE BLACK-HEADED GULL. 735 white extreme tips and broad penultimate black-brown band,narrower on outer feathers and usually restricted to inner web or.
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