. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. LARID^. 669. THE GREAT BLACK-HEADED GULL. Larus ichthvaetus, Pallas. An example of this south-eastern species, which almost attains the dimensions of our Great Black-backed Gull, was recorded by Mr. F. W. L. Ross (Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) iv. p. 467) as having been shot ofiF Exmouth, about the end of May or early in June 1859, when in company with a flock of commoner members of the family. This bird, now in the Exeter Museum, is an adult in summer-plumage; its history appears to be satisfactory, and it cannot be suspected of having escaped from
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. LARID^. 669. THE GREAT BLACK-HEADED GULL. Larus ichthvaetus, Pallas. An example of this south-eastern species, which almost attains the dimensions of our Great Black-backed Gull, was recorded by Mr. F. W. L. Ross (Ann. & Mag. N. H. (3) iv. p. 467) as having been shot ofiF Exmouth, about the end of May or early in June 1859, when in company with a flock of commoner members of the family. This bird, now in the Exeter Museum, is an adult in summer-plumage; its history appears to be satisfactory, and it cannot be suspected of having escaped from confinement, for no instance was known of this species having been in captivity until an adult was brought to the Zoological Society's Gardens in June 1891. Even in the Mediterranean the Great Black-headed Gull is only found in the extreme eastern portion known as the Levant, where it has been met with in Cyprus, and on the shores and lakes of Palestine. It is common in Egypt and as far up the Nile as Nubia; while it occurs in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, and thence along the coast line to India. In the Black Sea it is decidedly rare; but it breeds in great numbers on the Seal Islands in the Caspian and on the low-lying shores of that sea, as well as on the lakes of Turkestan; while Dr. Finsch noted its arrival on the Ala-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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