. Hand-book to the birds of Great Britain . m BLACK-HEADED GULL. 59 V. THE BLACK-HEADED GULL. LARUS RIDIBUNDUS. Lams ridibuiidus^ Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 225 (1766); Dresser,B. Eur. viii. p. 357, pis. 596 and 597, fig. i. (1878);B. O. U. List Brit. B. p. 191 (1883); Saunders, Brit, B. iii. p. 594 (1884); Seebohm. Hist. iii. p. 310 (1885); Saunders, Man. Brit. B. p. 649(1889); Lilford, Col. Fig. Brit. B. part xxi. (1892);Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv, p. 207 (1896). Gavia ridibuiida^ Macgill. Brit. B. v. p. 593 (1852). Gavia capistrafa, Macgill. p. 605. {Plate XCIX.)
. Hand-book to the birds of Great Britain . m BLACK-HEADED GULL. 59 V. THE BLACK-HEADED GULL. LARUS RIDIBUNDUS. Lams ridibuiidus^ Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 225 (1766); Dresser,B. Eur. viii. p. 357, pis. 596 and 597, fig. i. (1878);B. O. U. List Brit. B. p. 191 (1883); Saunders, Brit, B. iii. p. 594 (1884); Seebohm. Hist. iii. p. 310 (1885); Saunders, Man. Brit. B. p. 649(1889); Lilford, Col. Fig. Brit. B. part xxi. (1892);Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv, p. 207 (1896). Gavia ridibuiida^ Macgill. Brit. B. v. p. 593 (1852). Gavia capistrafa, Macgill. p. 605. {Plate XCIX.) Adult Male.—General colour above delicate pearly-grey,including the wing-coverts; the marginal coverts pure white,as also the bastard-wing and primary-coverts, the latter slightlyshaded with pearly-grey on the inner feathers ; the three outerprimaries white, with white shafts, black tips, and black edgingto the inner webs ; the first primary black along the outer web,the second and third also, with a narrow line externally;remainder of t
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